F1 WDC standings | Verstappen back in the race after dominant win in Imola

After making a false start to the 2022 Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen has significantly reduced the gap to championship leader Charles Leclerc. The difference is now only 28 points.

With that, the Dutchman swaps places with Carlos Sainz, who saw his race end very quickly after contact with Daniel Ricciardo and scored no points. Sergio Perez climbs up to P3 and swaps places with George Russell, who is still doing well with his underperforming Mercedes.

After the sprint race on Saturday, Verstappen still had a gap of no less than 45 points to bridge to the Ferrari driver. Thanks to his dominant victory and Leclerc's mistake in the final stage of the race he has managed to reduce that gap to 28 points.

1. Charles Leclerc: 86 points

2. Max Verstappen: 58 points

3. Sergio Perez: 54 points

4. George Russell: 49 points

5. Carlos Sainz: 38 points

6. Lando Norris: 35 points

7. Lewis Hamilton: 28 points

8. Valtteri Bottas: 24 points

9. Esteban Ocon: 20 points

10. Kevin Magnussen: 15 points

11. Daniel Ricciardo: 11 points

12. Yuki Tsunoda: 10 points

13. Pierre Gasly: 6 points

14. Sebastian Vettel: 4 points

15. Fernando Alonso: 2 points

16. Zhou Guanyu: 1 point

17. Alexander Albon: 1 point

18. Mick Schumacher: 0 points

19. Lance Stroll: 0 points

20. Nico Hulkenberg: 0 points

21. Nicholas Latifi: 0 points