The final race of the 2024 F1 season was a frustrating one for Red Bull, who took a couple of points but no podiums.

Max Verstappen finished 6th while team-mate Sergio Perez was unable to finish his first lap, ending what has been heavily rumoured to be his last race with the team with no points.

Both drivers had their races hurt by collisions on the first lap, with Verstappen handed a ten second time penalty for colliding with Oscar Piastri at turn one on lap one and Perez’s car damaged by a hit from Valtteri Bottas later on in the first lap.

Perez’s first lap exit confirmed that the Milton Keynes-based team would be unable to catch Ferrari in the Constructor’s Championship, with the team finishing third in their lowest finish in these standings since finishing third in 2019.

Verstappen ended the season as champion in the Driver’s Constructors for the fourth season in a row, ending the campaign with 437 points – a 63 point lead on Lando Norris, for whom victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix confirmed he would finish as runner-up.

The Dutchman is the first driver since 1983 to win a Driver’s Championship while driving for a team that finished outside the top two in the Constructor’s field.

Perez, meanwhile, ended the season in 8th place, a full 285 points behind championship winner Verstappen. Rumours over the last two weeks have claimed that despite having a contract for 2025, Perez could be pushed out following his difficult 2024 season.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix got off to a dramatic start for Red Bull, who saw both cars involved in incidents.

First, Verstappen had made a fast start from 4th on the grid and challenged Piastri into turn one, but a misjudgement saw the Red Bull and McLaren collide at the corner, spinning both cars around. Verstappen would later be given a ten second time penalty for his part.

Later on in lap one, Perez had been passed by Kevin Magnussen after the Haas driver made a divebomb into the turn at the end of the long straight and as he turned, he collided with Bottas’ Sauber.

The collision lead to a failure in the car, seeing Perez pull over and out of the race.

While Verstappen was able to recover by passing midfield cars and then pass others after his pit-stop, he ultimately couldn’t catch up with the top 5, meaning a championship winning season for Verstappen ended with his first failure to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2019, having won the previous four events at Yas Marina.