The driver standings after four races!

14:32, 30 Apr 2018
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As always, Baku has delivered, as it remains one of the best racing weekends on the calendar, but with all of the chaos that went down at the Baku City Circuit, how do the driver standings look after four races?
Sauber have their first points on the board this season (and already have more points than in the whole of 2017) as Charles Leclerc finished in P6, granting the rookie and the team eight points.
Fernando Alonso somehow managed to grab more points for McLaren even though the Spanish veteran suffered a double puncture and a damaged floor right at the start of the race. He doesn't have a great car by any stretch of the imagination, but Alonso's amazing racing skills see the Spaniard sitting in sixth in the standings, leaving all other Renault-powered cars behind him except for Daniel Ricciardo.
Speaking of which, the Red Bulls have shot themselves in the foot by taking each other out. They're still in third in the constructors' championship, but they're 55 points behind Mercedes already, as the team finished a weekend without any points twice now.
Lewis Hamilton now tops the standings, as his win sees him overtake Sebastian Vettel, who is only four points behind. Given that Mercedes has looked off the pace this year and clearly has an inferior car compared to Ferrari, that's quite an achievement from Hamilton.
Check out the full top ten of the standings here: