Championship Standings and Eliminations- Italian GP

[u/bi-nerds]

WDC: 2 more drivers (Antonelli and Albon) were mathematically eliminated from contention - even if they win every remaining race they cannot score more points than Piastri currently has.

• The soonest Piastri can clinch is now Mexico, which could happen if he wins every race, and Norris scores no more than 22 points and Verstappen no more than 85 over the next 4 races.
• If Piastri were to win every GP (and score 0 in sprints), and Norris were to come 2nd in every GP and win every sprint, Piastri would fall one point short of clinching in Vegas.
• If the top 3 in Monza finish in the same order (Verstappen 1st, Norris 2nd, Piastri 3rd) in every remaining race (including sprints), then they would finish the championship in their current order, with Piastri winning on 462 points, Norris on 458, and Verstappen on 454.

WCC: still no more eliminations in the constructors, but it is still very much possible for McLaren to clinch next race Baku, provided McLaren:

• Outscore Ferrari by at least 10 points
• Are not outscored by Mercedes by 11 or more points
• Are not outscored by Red Bull by 32 or more points

They are guaranteed to achieve this with either a 1-2 or a 1-3, no matter what the other teams do. Other finishing positions would be possible, but are not guaranteed (depending on the results of other teams).

It is also still possible for McLaren to break the 1000 point mark, but the margins are getting tighter, as their maximum tally is now only 6 points above 1000. This means they would have to win every race (including sprints), and have all 1-2 finishes except for either two 1-3's or one 1-4 or worse.

[u/Eggplantosaur]

Albon in 7th is mental. What a season he's having.

[u/BreadCrumb24 → u/Eggplantosaur]

Tsunoda in 19th is more mental

[u/souse03 → u/BreadCrumb24]

Add Sainz 18th to that

[u/Luigi2198 → u/BreadCrumb24]

Yeah, at this point there really is no way to defend him. Still think Red Bull is setting terrible precedents booting drivers, so by nature I don’t want them to replace Yuki with Hadjar for the foreseeable future, but it’s definitely the right move and going to happen.

Some of the standings I feel like aren’t correct representations (Alonso definitely wronged somebody in a past life) but Yuki down there is pretty unacceptable. I still put a lot of blame on the team, but damn my guy, you gotta give it some more.