Who leads the F1 driver points standings in 2022?
Reigning champion Verstappen put another 25 points past his title rival Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari driver’s crash while leading at Paul Ricard.
Verstappen now leads Leclerc by 63 points and is on course for his second World Cup. His teammate Sergio Pérez is once again second in the championship and is 19 points ahead of Carlos Sainz .
Sainz is just one point ahead of George Russell, who is 16 ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton.
This is how the 2022 Formula 1 Drivers World Championship remains after the French GP race
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| 1 |  Max Verstappen |
233 | – | 25/1 | – | 34 | 26/1 | 25/1 | 15/3 | 25/1 | 25/1 | 6/7 | 27 | 25/1 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc |
170 | 26/1 | 19/2 | 26/1 | 15 | 18/2 | – | 12/4 | – | 10/5 | 12/4 | 32 | – |
| 3 |  Sergio Perez |
163 | – | 12 /4 | 18 /2 | 24 | 12 /4 | 19 /2 | 25 /1 | 19 /2 | – | 18 /2 | 4 | 12 /4 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz Jr. |
144 | 18 /2 | 15 /3 | – | 5 | 15 /3 | 12 /4 | 18 /2 | – | 19 /2 | 25 /1 | 6 | 11 /5 |
| 5 | George Russell |
143 | 12/4 | 10/5 | 15/3 | 12 | 10/5 | 15/3 | 10/5 | 15/3 | 12/4 | – | 17 | 15/3 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton |
127 | 15/3 | 1/10 | 12/4 | – | 8/6 | 10/5 | 4/8 | 12/4 | 15/3 | 16/3 | 16 | 18/2 |
| 7 | Lando Norris |
70 | – | 6/7 | 10/5 | 19 | – | 4/8 | 9/6 | 2/9 | – | 8/6 | 6 | 6/7 |
| 8 | Stephen Ocon |
56 | 6 /7 | 8 /6 | 6 /7 | – | 4 /8 | 6 /7 | – | 1 /10 | 8 /6 | – | 13 | 4 /8 |
| 9 |  Valtteri Bottas |
46 | 8 of 6 | – | 4/8 | 12 | 6 of 7 | 8 of 6 | 2/9 | – | 6 of 7 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso |
37 | 2 /9 | – | – | – | – | 2 /9 | 6 /7 | 6 /7 | 2 /9 | 10 /5 | 1 | 8 /6 |
| 11 |  Kevin Magnussen |
22 | 10/5 | 2/9 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1/10 | 6 | – |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo |
19 | – | – | 8 /6 | 3 | – | – | – | 4 /8 | – | – | two | 2 /9 |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly |
16 | – | 4 /8 | 2 /9 | – | – | – | – | 10 /5 | – | – | – | – |
| 14 |  Sebastian Vettel |
15 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1/10 | 8/6 | – | 2/9 | – | – |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher |
12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4/8 | 8 | – |
| 16 |  Yuki Tsunoda |
11 | 4/8 | — | — | 6 | — | 1/10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 |  Guanyu Zhou |
5 | 1/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4/8 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Lance Stroll |
4 | – | – | – | 1 | 1/10 | – | – | – | 1/10 | – | – | 1/10 |
| 19 |  Alexander Albon |
3 | – | – | 1 /10 | – | 2 /9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| twenty | Nicholas Latifi |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | Nico Hulkenberg |
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After the Bahrain GP that opened the 2022 Formula 1 season, Leclerc , the first winner of the year, went on to lead the championship, and his second place finish to Verstappen in the Saudi Arabian GP kept him top of the championship. In addition, he repeated victory at the Australian GP, and the abandonment of his two main rivals allowed him to escape.
The first sprint race of the year, at Imola , helped Max Verstappen close the gap, but only the point that separated the winner from second place. Leclerc then failed at the Emilia Romagna GP, but he limited damage with sixth place and had such a cushion that he continued to be very much in the lead.
However, another victory for Verstappen in Miami tightened the drivers’ championship, and the KO of Leclerc’s engine in Barcelona, when he was leading, added to the triumph of the champion thanks to the orders of the Red Bull team with Sergio Pérez, caused the change of leader, who remained in the Monaco GP after a race with changing conditions that had to end by time limit, with victory for the Mexican driver, ahead of Sainz, Verstappen and Leclerc.
Leclerc was on his way to recovering points in Azerbaijan, where he took pole and was leading the race until a new Ferrari engine failure made him abandon and go empty. The KO came after Sainz also due to reliability, and without the red cars, Red Bull had no problem adding another double that made Verstappen more leader and put Checo Pérez second.
But an accident by the Mexican in qualifying and an abandonment in the race due to reliability made him leave Canada with a 0, which together with Leclerc’s comeback (from 19th to 5th) allowed the Monegasque to stay close to second place in the world championship. Verstappen, with his victory in Montreal, increased his lead.
When the championship came to the British GP, Verstappen suffered a car problem leading the race, eventually having to minimize damage and settle for 7th. Leclerc could not get on the podium to cut many points but Pérez, with second place, did shorten more distances.
In the Austrian sprint race, where the highest number of points was 8, Verstappen took the biggest haul, but Leclerc managed to drop just one point (he was second) and leave things pretty much the same. However, the leader suffered further degradation and was unable to beat the Ferraris, although Sainz’s withdrawal only allowed Leclerc to cut 6 points, although he was able to place second in the world championship.
But in France another setback came for the Monegasque, who suffered an accident when he was leading the race and fighting to win, losing at least 18 points. Verstappen picked up the KO to add another victory and give a great blow to the championship.
This is the classification of the F1 2022 constructors’ (teams) world championship after the French GP race
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| 1 | Red Bull Racing |
396 | – | 37 | 18 | 58 | 38 | 44 | 40 | 44 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 37 |
| 2 | Ferrari |
314 | 44 | 34 | 26 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 30 | – | 29 | 37 | 38 | 11 |
| 3 | Mercedes |
270 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 33 |
| 4 | Alpine |
93 | 8 | 8 | 6 | – | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| 5 | McLaren F1 |
89 | – | 6 | 18 | 22 | – | 4 | 9 | 6 | – | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 |  Alfa Romeo |
51 | 9 | – | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team |
34 | 10 | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 14 | – |
| 8 | AlphaTauri |
27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Aston Martin Racing |
19 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Williams |
3 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
What championships are there in the Formula 1 world championship? What titles can be won?
In the Formula 1 world championship you can officially win two championships, that is, lift two titles.
Although the manufacturers and the teams will say that this is not so clear, it is clear that the drivers’ title, the drivers ‘ world championship, is the most important in Formula 1. It is won by the driver with the most points at the end of the season, and they add up all the points from all the races (unlike in the past, where only a certain number of best results were taken into account).
The other world championship is the team championship, the F1 constructors’ title , which is achieved by the team that scores the most points between its two drivers. Like the individual championship, in the team championship all the results count.
Since 2021, there is an unofficial title, the overtaking champion, to the driver who makes the most overtaking throughout the world championship. The first and until now only champion of this almost symbolic award was Vettel, who beat Alonso and Raikkonen .
How is the distribution of points in Formula 1: scoring system
- 1st place (winner) 25 points
- 2nd place 18 points
- 3rd place 15 points
- 4th place 12 points
- 5th place 10 points
- 6th classified 8 points
- 7th classified 6 points
- 8th place 4 points
- 9th place 2 points
- 10th classified 1 points
- Fastest lap: 1 point (as long as the fastest lap is done by a driver who finishes in the top 10 in the race)
- Sprint races**: 8 points to the winner, 7 points to the second, 6 points to the third, 5 points to the fourth, 4 points to the fifth, 3 points to the sixth, 2 points to the seventh and 1 point to the eighth.
Who is the current Formula 1 world champion?
The current champion, the driver who defends the title in F1 2022, is Max Verstappen, who won a heart-stopping finish at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP to win his first world championship so far. However, his Red Bull team could not stop Mercedes, which is the team that defends the constructors’ title after winning it eight years in a row since 2014.
How many champions are on the Formula 1 grid in 2022?
On the current F1 grid there are four world champions. In addition to Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton has seven world championships (a record shared with Michael Schumacher), Sebastian Vettel has been champion four times (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and Fernando Alonso, two (in 2005 and 2006).
Curiously, there are now four champions and in 2021 there were also: there was Kimi Raikkonen (2007 champion) but Verstappen still wasn’t. Will someone repeat this year or will a new name be added to the list?
