WCC points after 9 races:
2004 - 343 (latest points system)
2007 - 257 (latest points system)
2017 - 254
2022 - 228
2024 - 252
Incredibly, but despite an abysmal weekend and a double-zero, this season is still up there with 2007 and 2017
Just goes to show how massively everyone in the team delivered in the first 8 races. It was a similar feeling back in 2007 in Canada, nothing worked out in the race with Massa DSQ and Kimi struggling, yet the car was obviously so good it could still score P5 with Kimi. In 2017 there was also a double-zero in Singapore (R14)...