After 23 race weekends could not decide matters, the 2024 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship comes down to the final weekend of the season, the year-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren entered last weekend with a chance to clinch the title at the Qatar Grand Prix and was in a position to do so midway through the main event on Sunday,

Last race: Ty Majeski dominated from the pole in a Ford to earn his first championship, holding off playoff drivers Corey Heim and Christian Eckes in the 150-mile finale at Phoenix Raceway. Majeski led 132 laps, Heim 16 and championship finalist Grant Enfinger two while finishing fifth.

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A culmination of factors kept McLaren from clinching the title in Qatar on Sunday — and now Ferrari has a real shot to seal the deal.

McLaren will clinch its first Formula 1 constructors’ championship since 1998 this weekend in Qatar if it outscores Ferrari by 21 points across Saturday’s sprint race and Sunday’s Grand Prix.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, a day after being stripped of pole position, as McLaren and Ferrari took their constructors' title duel down to next weekend's last race of the season in Abu Dhabi.