Carlos Sainz has claimed the second part of the 2024 season has shown multiple Formula 1 drivers can beat Max Verstappen “week in, week out” in more equal cars. "As much as I think Max has done an incredible job this year, it just shows in the second half of the season, eight drivers within a tenth of each other, we could all beat him week in, week out,” “[...] the second half of the season just shows that when we are all in equal, more of an equal machinery, we can all go up against each other and make each other’s life difficult.”