F1 Championship Standings Before Korean GP

Here is the current situation in both championship standings.  The World Constructor’s Championship is certainly much closer than it has been in the past.  Ferrari are only 20 points behind McLaren and have pulled out a bit of a gap between themselves and Lotus.  Red Bull are still comfortably ahead however that margin too seems to be shrinking.  With only five races left, it is doubtful anyone will catch the running Bulls, especially given their recent form.

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	324
2	McLaren-Mercedes	283
3	Ferrari	263
4	Lotus-Renault	239
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber-Ferrari	116
7	Force India-Mercedes	81
8	Williams-Renault	58
9	STR-Ferrari	15
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0
12	HRT-Cosworth	0

 

A dramatic difference at the top of the World Driver’s championship.  After the last round, Vettel has closed the gap from a massive 29 points to a miniscule four points.  Formula One has a seriously close battle for the crown now.  If one were to acknowledge Hamilton with a chance at playing spoiler, then one might want to give the same acknowledgement to Raikkonen.  The gap to the leaders does seem rather large, however, as we have seen, one race can make a very big difference in the overall championship picture .

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	194
2	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	190
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	157
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	152
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	134
6	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	131
7	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	93
8	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	82
9	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	69
10	Sergio Perez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	Sauber-Ferrari	50
12	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	44
13	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes	43
14	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Force India-Mercedes	37
15	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	33
16	Bruno Senna	Brazilian	Williams-Renault	25
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	8
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	7
19	Timo Glock	German	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Jerome D’Ambrosio	Belgian	Lotus-Renault	0
23	Charles Pic	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	HRT-Cosworth	0
25	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	HRT-Cosworth	0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	324
2	McLaren-Mercedes	283
3	Ferrari	263
4	Lotus-Renault	239
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber-Ferrari	116
7	Force India-Mercedes	81
8	Williams-Renault	58
9	STR-Ferrari	15
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0
12	HRT-Cosworth	0