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Spanish Grand Prix

F1 Standings 2025: Red Bull suffer major loss after Max Verstappen demotion

Verstappen cost his team dearly in Spain

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Monday 2 June 2025 17:57

Max Verstappen's demotion down to 10th at the Spanish Grand Prix has caused an almighty headache for Red Bull in both championships.

Verstappen was demoted in the immediate aftermath of the race, after being slammed with a 10-second time penalty for appearing to intentionally crash into the car of Mercedes star George Russell.

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The incident left the four-time champion down in 10th, picking up just one point, despite initially crossing the line in fifth.

While the steward's verdict has not affected Verstappen's own position in the drivers' championship - he remains in third albeit now 49 points behind championship leader Oscar Piastri - his actions have heavily impacted Red Bull's hopes in the constructors' championship.

The team are now sat down in fourth, having been third at the start of the weekend. Verstappen only picked up one point, while his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda finished 13th in Spain after another disastrous weekend.

It means Red Bull are now 218 points behind leaders McLaren in the constructors' championship, and rivals Mercedes and Ferrari have both jumped ahead of the Milton Keynes-based outfit in the last two weeks.

In the drivers' standings, Piastri extended his lead over team-mate Lando Norris at the top of the championship to 10 points with a fifth win of the season, while Nico Hulkenberg's stunning fifth-place finish has lifted Sauber up to eighth in the constructors' standings.

Here are the full standings after nine rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship.

F1 drivers' standings after 2025 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 constructors' standings after 2025 Spanish Grand Prix

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

The fastest lap point has been removed for the 2025 season. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, in the past, this led to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a new set of tyres in the final stages of the race in order to claim the fastest lap point or prevent a rival from getting the extra point, playing the tactical long game in the championship standings.

The most famous example of this last season came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Norris and helping Verstappen's 2024 title bid.

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