Max Verstappen leads the drivers championship by 125 points from Sergio Perez after the Belgian Grand Prix.
2023 F1 drivers championship standings
| Position | Driver | Points | Gap to leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | 314 | |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | 189 | 125 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | 149 | 165 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 148 | 166 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 99 | 215 |
| 6 | George Russell | 99 | 215 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | 92 | 222 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | 69 | 245 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | 47 | 267 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | 35 | 279 |
| 11 | Oscar Piastri | 34 | 280 |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | 22 | 292 |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | 11 | 303 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | 9 | 305 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | 5 | 309 |
| 16 | Zhou Guanyu | 4 | 310 |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | 3 | 311 |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | 2 | 312 |
| 19 | Logan Sargeant | 0 | 314 |
| 20 | Nyck de Vries | 0 | 314 |
| 21 | Daniel Ricciardo | 0 | 314 |
Points available over remaining rounds: 284
2023 F1 constructors championship standings
| Position | Team | Points | Gap to leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 503 | |
| 2 | Mercedes | 247 | 256 |
| 3 | Aston Martin | 196 | 307 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 191 | 312 |
| 5 | McLaren | 103 | 400 |
| 6 | Alpine | 57 | 446 |
| 7 | Williams | 11 | 492 |
| 8 | Haas | 11 | 492 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo | 9 | 494 |
| 10 | AlphaTauri | 3 | 500 |
Points available over remaining rounds: 485
Standings with 12 out of 22 races complete.
2023 Belgian Grand Prix
- Haas drivers fear losing battle for seventh after “grim weekend” in Spa
- Mercedes optimistic they’re “in the right place for winter” with development plan
- Ferrari not convinced by call to equalise engines: ‘Renault is not so far away’
- Ferrari staying “calm” amid swings in performance from race to race
- Pirelli proposes new “super-intermediate” to address wet weather tyre problems
BLS (@brightlampshade)
30th July 2023, 15:43
So even if Perez keeps getting 2nds Max is what, 3-4 races from clinching the title?
MattDS (@mattds)
31st July 2023, 0:23
At least 5 races and it still comes down to fastest lap points or it’s 6 races, if my very quick calculations are correct.
DaveW (@dmw)
30th July 2023, 15:50
Hard to believe Alonso is still 3rd. If just. And Russell has quietly fallen 49 points behind Hamilton.
Oople
30th July 2023, 16:00
Love George, but he’s definitely not responding well to the updated Merc.
Lewis getting so much more out of the new package, plus his experience, is helping him stretch that gap.
melanos
30th July 2023, 18:30
Nobody is getting to be “best of the rest” long enough
Yellow Baron
1st August 2023, 12:57
Yeah, although the Aston dropped off he’s been consistent enough that he normally been a few places behind Lewis. Still a bit surprising though considering it was “only” around a 20 pint gap he had to Lewis. I think it’s down to the pints system. Or where in points paying positions they tend to finish. If you assume Lewis has been finishing 3 places ahead of alonso on average to close that gap. Normally it’s been 3rd and 6th or 4th and 7th. If it was 1st and 4th though every race, Lewis would make up the gap in just 2 races.
Basically I’m rambling and drawing out a simple explanation. The points spread is larger between positions the higher up you finish.
7 points between 1st and second but just 1 point between 9th and 10th.
It would make things much closer overall if F1 used indycars points system or even more so if it were 20 points for a win down to 1point for 20th
Jimmy Cliff
31st July 2023, 14:11
First time in F1 history, certainly since 1990 (all races count towards championship), that 1 or more drivers are mathematical no longer in contention for Driver Championship after the mid point of a season. This despite points for FLAP and sprint races.
If a season has 22 races than race after midpoint is race 12, if a season has 21 races than also race after midpoint is race 12.
Max has now 314 points while still available are 284 points (=110.6%), that means Pierre Gasly in 12th and those lower mathematical are out of contention.
Previous Vettel (2011 at 96.0%), Schumacher (2002 at 95.0%) and Lewis (2020 at 91.3%) came close to achieve this.