F1 2025 Standings: Lewis Hamilton disaster puts Ferrari in serious danger

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Hungarian Grand Prix

F1 2025 Standings: Lewis Hamilton disaster puts Ferrari in serious danger

Here's how the Hungarian Grand Prix impacted the F1 championship order!

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Monday 4 August 2025 13:12

A disastrous weekend for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc at the Hungarian Grand Prix has put Ferrari in danger in the F1 championship standings.

Despite starting on pole position, Leclerc finished the Hungarian GP off the podium relinquishing third place to Mercedes star George Russell, and earning a five-second time penalty for erratic driving.

With Russell outscoring Leclerc, and Kimi Antonelli picking up the last point in the top 10, the Mercedes pair outscored Ferrari in Hungary with Lewis Hamilton finishing outside of the points entirely.

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The Hungarian GP was a nightmare race for the seven-time world champion, who did not have the pace to fight back into the top 10 and went off track in his battle with Max Verstappen.

As a result of Ferrari's miserable weekend, Mercedes have closed the gap to Ferrari in the standings to 24 points; and if the Brackley-based outfit emerge stronger after the summer break the Scuderia could be in serious trouble.

Ferrari failed to finish on the podium at the Hungarian GP

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	284
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	275
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	187
4	George Russell	Mercedes	172
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	151
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	109
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	64
8	Alex Albon	Williams	54
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	37
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas	27
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	26
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	26
13	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	22
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20
15	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	20
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	16
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	14
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	10
19	Oliver Bearman	Haas	8
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	559
2	Ferrari	260
3	Mercedes	236
4	Red Bull	194
5	Williams	70
6	Aston Martin	52
7	Kick Sauber	51
8	Racing Bulls	45
9	Haas	35
10	Alpine	20

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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Sheona Mountford - F1 Journalist

Sheona Mountford is a motorsport journalist specialising in F1. As a writer and contributor, she covers a wide range of motorsport series from F1 to F1 Academy, responsible for breaking news, live race coverage and in depth analysis of the sport and the culture around it.

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