F1 2025 Standings: Ferrari slide down order as Lando Norris wastes massive chance

Lando Norris, McLaren, Belgium, 2025 — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 2025 Standings: Ferrari slide down order as Lando Norris wastes massive chance

Ferrari are in a disastrous situation

Originally written by Sheona Mountford. This version is a translation.

Tuesday 23 September 2025 03:00

Ferrari have slipped out of second place in the F1 constructors' championship after a bleak weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc finished eighth and ninth respectively, despite a team order for the seven-time world champion to let his team-mate through.

Ferrari switched the two drivers to allow the champion to chase down the cars ahead on fresher tyres. However, the Brit was unable to do so, but when asked to give the place back at the end of the grand prix, Hamilton failed to slow down in time and reached the chequered flag before he could give eighth back to Leclerc.

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As a result of their woeful finish, alongside George Russell's podium and Kimi Antonelli's fourth place, Ferrari have been toppled from second in the constructors' championship by Mercedes.

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In the drivers' standings, Oscar Piastri still sits in the lead despite his DNF, with Lando Norris 25 points away after his result of seventh.

Following his win in Baku, Max Verstappen is within 69 points of Piastri and 44 of Norris, with suggestions he's not quite out of the 2025 title race just yet with seven rounds remaining.

Carlos Sainz was a big winner in Baku, finishing on the podium and in third, his first with Williams and their first since 2017.

As a result, the Spaniard has leapt up six places to P12, and Williams sit in P5 with 101 points, 29 ahead of nearest rivals Racing Bulls.

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	324
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	299
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	255
4	George Russell	Mercedes	212
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	165
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	121
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	78
8	Alex Albon	Williams	70
9	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	39
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	37
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	31
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	30
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	28
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	20
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	18
19	Ollie Bearman	Haas	16
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	623
2	Mercedes	290
3	Ferrari	286
4	Red Bull	272
5	Williams	101
6	Racing Bulls	72
7	Aston Martin	62
8	Kick Sauber	55
9	Haas	44
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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