McLaren have put together such a strong 2025 F1 campaign that the squad will get their first chance to secure the Constructors\u2019 Championship at this weekend\u2019s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
With a whopping 12 victories from 16 events, seven 1-2 results and podium finishes at all bar one round, McLaren are more than 300 points clear of their nearest rivals heading into the final flyaway phase of the campaign.<\/p>\n
Indeed, McLaren\u2019s enviable haul of 617 points so far this year compares to Ferrari\u2019s tally of 280, the 260 scored by Mercedes and the 239 collected by Red Bull.<\/p>\n
So, what do McLaren need to do to put the situation to bed at the Baku City Circuit? We have listed all the key numbers and scenarios below\u2026<\/p>\n
How many points are still up for grabs?<\/p>\n
Eight rounds remain in the 2025 season, including the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix, meaning a maximum of 389 points can still be scored by teams across the final third.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because there are five standard weekends (43 points available at each) and three Sprint weekends (58 points available at each) on the way between now and the finale.<\/p>\n
As it stands, McLaren\u2019s advantage over second-placed Ferrari is 337 points \u2013 showing just how much of a mathematic miracle would be required for the lead to change.<\/p>\n
How can McLaren win the title in Azerbaijan?<\/p>\n
In simple terms, if the gap between McLaren and Ferrari is bigger than or equal to 346 points after Sunday\u2019s race in Azerbaijan, McLaren will be confirmed as champions.<\/p>\n
To achieve this, McLaren need to out-score Ferrari by nine points.<\/p>\n
McLaren can put the result beyond any doubt on the streets of Baku \u2013 regardless of what Ferrari do \u2013 by winning the race and backing it up with a second- or third-place finish.<\/p>\n
What about Mercedes and Red Bull\u2019s distant hopes?<\/p>\n
Alongside Ferrari, two other teams still mathematically in contention for the Constructors\u2019 Championship are Mercedes and Red Bull, albeit with extremely slim chances.<\/p>\n
Mercedes find themselves 357 points behind the championship leaders, meaning they would need to out-score McLaren by 12 points this weekend to stay above the cut.<\/p>\n
Red Bull, meanwhile, are 378 points behind, meaning they would need to out-score McLaren by 33 points.<\/p>\n
Should any of the permutations go against McLaren, the situation will roll on to the next round of the season in Singapore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLaren have put together such a strong 2025 F1 campaign that the squad will get their first chance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-150180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}