F1 WDC Standings: Can Kimi Take The Title After Abu-Dhabi Win?

Can Kimi Take The Title After Abu-Dhabi Win? The answer is no.  Mathematically speaking, only a maximum of 50 points are left up for grabs.  If Alonso and Vettel both fail to finish in the points, the flying Finn can do no better than second place.

It is looking more and more as though Vettel is now the title favorite with Alonso set to finish as bride’s maid and Kimi a solid third.  While it is still possible for Webber, Hamilton and Button to catch Kimi, it would be near impossible unless he failed to score points in the final two races.

Here is the current World Driver’s Championship standings table.

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing	255
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	245
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus	198
4	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing	167
5	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren	165
6	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	153
7	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	95
8	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	93
9	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus	90
10	Sergio Perez	Mexican	Sauber	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	Sauber	58
12	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Force India	49
13	Paul di Resta	British	Force India	46
14	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams	43
15	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes	43
16	Bruno Senna	Brazilian	Williams	30
17	JeanEric Vergne	French	STR	12
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR	10
19	Timo Glock	German	Marussia	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Caterham	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Caterham	0
22	Jerome D’Ambrosio	Belgian	Lotus	0
23	Charles Pic	French	Marussia	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	HRT	0
25	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	HRT	0

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