World Championship: Hamilton dethrones Verstappen as championship leader

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1 August 2021 at 16:33
  • GPblog.com

Max Verstappen lost his position at the top of the world championship after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton scored a podium finish which gave him fifteen points. Verstappen managed just one point and that means the seven-time world champion now has a six-point lead going into the summer break.

Strikingly, third, fourth, fifth and sixth all scored no points in the race at the Hungaroring. Carlos Sainz scored a great deal of points with his fourth place.

After the summer break there are twelve more Grands Prix to go, starting with the Belgian weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. What is certain is that Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll will both be penalised with a five place grid penalty.  

Ranking drivers in World Championship

1.Lewis Hamilton192
2.Max Verstappen186
3.Lando Norris113
4.Valtteri Bottas108
5.Sergio Perez104
6.Charles Leclerc80
7.Carlos Sainz80
8.Daniel Ricciardo50
9.Sebastian Vettel48
10.Pierre Gasly48
11.Esteban Ocon39
12.Fernando Alonso36
13.Lance Stroll18
14.Yuki Tsunoda16
15.Nicholas Latifi4
16.George Russell2
17.Kimi Raikkonen1
18.Antonio Giovinazzi1
19.Mick Schumacher0
20.Nikita Mazepin0