F1 2025 Standings: Drivers' championship gets more tense as McLaren claim team prize

Norris and Piastri smiling in front of 'world champions' sign after the 2025 Singapore GP — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 2025 Standings: Drivers' championship gets more tense as McLaren claim team prize

How the Singapore Grand Prix has altered the F1 2025 standings

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

Monday 6 October 2025 17:09

McLaren secured their second constructors' championship in as many years on Sunday, but their drivers' grasp on the individual title became a little more tenuous.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished third and fourth respectively, behind winner George Russell and reigning champion Max Verstappen, closing back up to the championship leaders.

Elsewhere, F1 champion Fernando Alonso was a big winner in the standings, where he moved up three spaces following a seventh place finish.

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The Spaniard benefitted from Hamilton's demotion, after the Ferrari star was awarded a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits.

Regardless of his penalty disappointment, Hamilton was much more confident in the Ferrari at the Singapore GP, outpacing team-mate Charles Leclerc in qualifying.

Mercedes lead Ferrari by 27 points in the constructors', easily recovered over a sprint weekend, although third place is now under threat as Red Bull lurk eight points behind after Max Verstappen's second place finish in Singapore.

However, Ferrari have two drivers who can regularly score important points, with Hamilton a key component in his team's revival.

Mercedes and Red Bull on the other hand, are reliant on Russell and Verstappen scoring the bulk of their points, which means Ferrari still have a chance of fighting for second in the constructors' championship.

Of course, there is the caveat that Verstappen himself can score more points on his own than the Ferrari duo combined, which means Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to pull out their best performances of the year.

Here are how the F1 standings look after the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix!

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Singapore Grand Prix

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	336
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	314
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	273
4	George Russell	Mercedes	237
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	173
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	125
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	88
8	Alex Albon	Williams	70
9	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	39
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	37
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	36
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	32
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	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	18
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Singapore Grand Prix

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	650
2	Mercedes	325
3	Ferrari	298
4	Red Bull	290
5	Williams	102
6	Racing Bulls	72
7	Aston Martin	68
8	Kick Sauber	55
9	Haas	46
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.

Written by

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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