F1 News

F1 World Championship 2020 final result: Verstappen very close to beating Bottas

F1 World Championship 2020 final result: Verstappen very close to beating Bottas

13-12-2020 17:02
1

It is almost Christmas and the 2020 Formula 1 season is finally over. In a year that was seriously disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, F1 eventually managed to complete a decent calendar. The title was an easy win for Lewis Hamilton.

Max Verstappen was able to follow Valtteri Bottas well for a long time. Without retirements, there's a strong chance the Dutchman would've beaten Bottas to second-place. Of all the races he did finish, the Dutchman missed out on the podium just once, and with that he ends up only nine points behind the Finn.

Behind that is the title "best of the rest" for Sergio Perez. He did drop out in Abu Dhabi and all his competitors took points, but the lead he had built up with the victory in Bahrain proved enough.

Standings 2020

  Driver Points
1. Lewis Hamilton 347
2. Valtteri Bottas 223
3. Max Verstappen 214
4. Sergio Perez 125
5. Daniel Ricciardo 119
6. Carlos Sainz 105
7. Alexander Albon 105
8. Charles Leclerc 98
9. Lando Norris 97
10. Pierre Gasly 75
11. Lance Stroll 75
12. Esteban Ocon 62
13. Sebastian Vettel 33
14. Danill Kvyat 32
15. Nico Hulkenberg 10
16. Kimi Raikkonen 4
17. Antonio Giovinazzi 4
18. George Russell 3
19. Romain Grosjean 2
20. Kevin Magnussen 1
21. Nicholas Latifi 0
22. Jack Aitken 0
23. Pietro Fittipaldi 0