Lewis Hamilton increased his drivers’ championship lead to 70 points over Sebastian Vettel at the Circuit of the Americas.
Drivers’ championship
Driver | Total | |
---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton | 346 |
2 | Sebastian Vettel | 276 |
3 | Kimi Raikkonen | 221 |
4 | Valtteri Bottas | 217 |
5 | Max Verstappen | 191 |
6 | Daniel Ricciardo | 146 |
7 | Nico Hulkenberg | 61 |
8 | Sergio Perez | 57 |
9 | Kevin Magnussen | 53 |
10 | Fernando Alonso | 50 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | 49 |
12 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | 45 |
13 | Romain Grosjean | 31 |
14 | Pierre Gasly | 28 |
15 | Charles Leclerc | 21 |
16 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 8 |
17 | Marcus Ericsson | 7 |
18 | Lance Stroll | 6 |
19 | Brendon Hartley | 4 |
20 | Sergey Sirotkin | 1 |
Constructors’ championship
Team | Total | |
---|---|---|
1 | Mercedes | 563 |
2 | Ferrari | 497 |
3 | Red Bull | 337 |
4 | Renault | 106 |
5 | Haas | 84 |
6 | McLaren | 58 |
7 | Force India | 47 |
8 | Toro Rosso | 32 |
9 | Sauber | 28 |
10 | Williams | 7 |
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John H (@john-h)
21st October 2018, 21:20
Hmmm, with Ferrari rediscovering their pace the constructors championship is still very much on.
BasCB (@bascb)
21st October 2018, 21:49
And who knows, maybe the battle for race wins also gets more interesting again now with that great pace – that in the end is more interesting for me than a championship that really seemed to have been lost between Ferrari’s disappearing pace and Vettel heaping up the mistakes already @john-h
f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
22nd October 2018, 0:05
Together with Lewis and his after championship won slump ferrari may actually be champion with kimi winning the races :D
Ajaxn
21st October 2018, 21:35
1st US race under new management…. Enough said.
ColdFly (@)
21st October 2018, 22:03
??
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd October 2018, 10:39
@Ajaxn Wrong, the 2nd or to be perfectly precise, 3rd, and BTW, it isn’t ‘new’ management anymore.
Dave (@davewillisporter)
21st October 2018, 21:39
Just checking the maths – Sebastian has to win Mexico to carry the championship on, but if Lewis scores 5 points or more in Mexico, he’s won the WDC. If Seb doesn’t win Mexico, Lewis has won the WDC.
David BR (@david-br)
21st October 2018, 21:49
Yep, Vettel needs 3 wins and Hamilton just need 5 point in 3 races.
Will Jones (@sleepywill)
21st October 2018, 23:13
7th or better once in three races (If like me, you still need to look up the new points…. new new points, my head is stuck in 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1
tony
22nd October 2018, 9:28
Yes, Hamilton can start at the back at the next race and can most probably reach 6th and be champion. And he only needs to do this one in three attempts. i.e. Both Ferrari, Both Redbull and his teammate can finish ahead of him and we still wins.
jmlabareda
21st October 2018, 21:47
Kimi is closer to Vettel, than Vettel is to Hamilton
ColdFly (@)
21st October 2018, 22:01
Hulkenberg extending his lead in F1b with Sainz improving to 2nd from 4th (thanks to @jamiefranklinf1 & @mashiat)
Hulk – 218
Sainz – 202
Ocon – 201
Perez – 197
Mag – 189
Alonso – 155
Grosjean – 120
Gasly – 119
Leclerc – 109
Ericsson – 89
Vandoorne – 82
Stroll – 52
Hartley – 47
Sirotkin – 25
6 drivers still in contention to win the F1b title.
Hulkenberg: 5 wins
Perez: 3 wins
Alonso: 2 wins
Magnussen: 2 wins
Ocon: 2 wins
Gasly: 2 wins
Grosjean: 1 win
Leclerc: 1 win
420 – Renault
398 – Force India
209 – Haas
237 – McLaren
198 – Sauber
166 – STR
77 – Williams
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
21st October 2018, 22:08
The “new” Force India don’t do as well in F1B points compared to the real points.
Tom
21st October 2018, 22:04
It’s crazy that it still doesn’t feel over just yet. Mathematically it’s impossoble. With Vettels driving in the previous races its impossible but I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised to see Ferrari get a 1-2 at the remaining races. Of course, Hamilton only needs 6 points but a couple of DNFs and the final race could become very uncomfortable.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
21st October 2018, 22:09
Even less, just 5 points required as if tied on points, Ham has more wins.
David BR (@david-br)
21st October 2018, 22:07
In terms of the drivers championship, Mercedes probably did the right thing. Reminds me a bit of China 2007 and McLaren making the mistake of not banking the points for Hamilton. Here collecting the points means that Hamilton just needs 5 from 3 races. The constructors championship looks edgy though. 3 races dominated by Ferrari could see them swing it.
Isomeri (@isomeri)
22nd October 2018, 12:26
I would really love it if Räikkönen suddenly passed Vettel to come second in the championship.
BasCB (@bascb)
22nd October 2018, 14:16
So, after the DSQ of both Ocon and Magnussen, how do the points look?