F1 Standings 2025: New championship leader emerges as Lewis Hamilton boosts Ferrari

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F1 Standings 2025: New championship leader emerges as Lewis Hamilton boosts Ferrari

The outcome of the Mexican Grand Prix has massively changed the order in the 2025 standings

Kerry Violet F1 News Editor

F1 editor and journalist covering motorsport since 2024.

Monday 27 October 2025 00:09

The order in the 2025 F1 standings has been completely reshuffled after the Mexican Grand Prix, with a new driver leading the championship as a result.

Ferrari star Lewis Hamilton failed to convert his P3 starting position into his first grand prix podium in red, but he still managed to bring home crucial points for the team by crossing the line in eighth.

Hamilton's P8 finish added four points to Ferrari's battle in the constructors' and team-mate Charles Leclerc contributed 18, allowing the Scuderia to regain P2 in the constructors' standings, just one point ahead of rivals Mercedes.

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But the major talking point after Sunday's race in Mexico was the fact that a new championship leader has emerged in the form of Lando Norris.

The McLaren star pulled off a dominant race win and crossed the line over 30 seconds ahead of Leclerc, put also ahead of team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri.

The Aussie driver needed to finish fourth or higher to remain in the lead of the championship in the instance of a victory for Norris, but after finishing down in P5, Piastri has now been demoted to P2 in the drivers' standings.

The title fight is now scintillatingly close ahead of the next round in Brazil. Just one point separates the McLaren driver duo and reigning champion Max Verstappen is only 36 points off Norris' lead and 35 points behind Piastri.

Here is how the F1 standings look after the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix!

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Mexican Grand Prix

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	357
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	356
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	321
4	George Russell	Mercedes	258
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	210
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	146
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	97
8	Alex Albon	Williams	73
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	41
10	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	39
11	Carlos Sainz	Williams	38
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	37
13	Ollie Bearman	Haas	32
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	30
16	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	28
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Mexican Grand Prix

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	713
2	Ferrari	356
3	Mercedes	355
4	Red Bull	346
5	Williams	111
6	Racing Bulls	72
7	Aston Martin	69
8	Haas	62
9	Kick Sauber	60
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.

F1 HEADLINES: Red Bull told to 'grow up' as Norris BOOED after humiliating rivals at Mexican GP

F1 RESULTS: Max Verstappen robbed as Lando Norris claims Mexican Grand Prix win

Written by

Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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