F1 2025 Standings: McLaren dealt championship BLOW as team's disastrous 2025 start continues

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F1 2025 Standings

McLaren dealt championship BLOW as team's disastrous 2025 start continues

The latest F1 2025 standings are in after Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson

Sunday 6 April 2025 17:00

McLaren have suffered a championship setback after being defeated at the Japanese Grand Prix, whilst Alpine's disastrous start to the season continued at Suzuka.

Despite topping all three practice sessions heading into qualifying, McLaren were denied pole position for Sunday's race after Max Verstappen produced a stunning lap in his new-look RB21.

That appeared to be half the job done for the four-time world champion during the Japanese GP, with neither Norris nor Piastri able to make any serious ground on the Red Bull star at Suzuka, such is the difficulty to overtake at the track. Verstappen lead the two papaya cars from start to finish, taking his first win of the season in the process.

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This is a huge setback for McLaren in the drivers' championship, with Norris now just one point ahead of his Red Bull rival in the standings, with Piastri now 12 points behind the Dutchman in third, despite the papaya team widely considered to have the strongest car on the grid.

Elsewhere in Japan, Alpine's disastrous start to the 2025 campaign continued with another point-less outing. Jack Doohan recovered from Friday's horror crash in practice, but could only manage 15th at Suzuka, whilst Pierre Gasly did not do much better, coming home in 13th.

F1 2025 drivers' standings after the Japanese Grand Prix

Rank	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	62
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	61
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	49
4	George Russell	Mercedes	45
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	30
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	20
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	18
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	15
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas	10
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	10
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	6
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas	5
13	Isack Hadjar	RB	4
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	3
15	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Williams	1
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	0
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0
18	Liam Lawson	RB	0
19	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0
20	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	0