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F1 World Championship standings | Verstappen doubles lead over Hamilton

23:16, 24 Oct 2021

byGPblog.com

In the 2021 World Championship, Max Verstappen is currently 12 points ahead. Lewis Hamilton will have to chase after him, as there are only five Grands Prix left in the season. The 24-year-old Dutchman has scored an important victory, but it is expected to remain exciting until the end.

Sergio Perez climbed to fourth place thanks to his podium finish in the United States. He passed Lando Norris and is now in fourth place with a one-point lead. His gap to number three Valtteri Bottas is 35 points.

World Championship standings after the American GP

1. Max Verstappen: 287.5 points

2. Lewis Hamilton: 275.5 points

3. Valtteri Bottas: 185 points

4. Sergio Perez: 150 points

5. Lando Norris: 149 points

6. Charles Leclerc: 128 points

7. Carlos Sainz 122.5 points

8. Daniel Ricciardo: 105 points

9. Pierre Gasly: 74 points

10. Fernando Alonso: 58 points

11. Esteban Ocon: 46 points

12. Sebastian Vettel: 36 points

13. Lance Stroll: 26 points

14. Yuki Tsunoda: 20 points

15. George Russell: 16 points

16. Nicholas Latifi: 7 points

17. Kimi Raikkonen: 6 points

18. Antonio Giovinazzi: 1 point

19. Mick Schumacher: 0 points

20. Nikita Mazepin: 0 points

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4 Comments

Tarun.12 24 October 2021 at 23:27+ 4112

Enough of P3 checoo let's try those other two steps for mexican gp..brilliant drive ??

Cain 24 October 2021 at 23:34+ 15604

He's still too far from both VER and HAM with raw pace. Something extraordinary must happen for Checo to get better than P3. But positive is that he was now closer to Max, than Bottas was to Lewis. And that's the most imortant indicator, the cap to your team-mate.

Tarun.12 24 October 2021 at 23:51+ 4112

Yeah but given the tyre strategy he was trying to pull of pushed him back a bit more but yeah he needs to give it everything to win in Mexico..well everyone needs to

HDRAT 25 October 2021 at 06:30+ 21

He was ill before race. Plus his water bottle system didn’t work during the race so he was not able to hydrate himself. The race took a heavy physical toll on him.

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