World Championship: Hamilton dethrones Verstappen as championship leader
17:33, 01 Aug 2021
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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 Hamilton | 192 |
| 2. | Max Verstappen | 186 |
| 3. | Lando Norris | 113 |
| 4. | Valtteri Bottas | 108 |
| 5. | Sergio Perez | 104 |
| 6. | Charles Leclerc | 80 |
| 7. | Carlos Sainz | 80 |
| 8. | Daniel Ricciardo | 50 |
| 9. | Sebastian Vettel | 48 |
| 10. | Pierre Gasly | 48 |
| 11. | Esteban Ocon | 39 |
| 12. | Fernando Alonso | 36 |
| 13. | Lance Stroll | 18 |
| 14. | Yuki Tsunoda | 16 |
| 15. | Nicholas Latifi | 4 |
| 16. | George Russell | 2 |
| 17. | Kimi Raikkonen | 1 |
| 18. | Antonio Giovinazzi | 1 |
| 19. | Mick Schumacher | 0 |
| 20. | Nikita Mazepin | 0 |
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