F1 2022: What do the Driver Standings look like after the Azerbaijan GP?

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen secured his fifth race win of the 2022 F1 season this weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. With the win, the Dutchman officially ended his streak of bad luck on the streets of Baku and extended his lead in the championship standings.

Simultaneously, Red Bull managed to make the most out of the weekend, taking home a whopping 44 points from the Grand Prix with a second-place finish and the fastest lap for Sergio Perez, who now stands second in the drivers' standings ahead of Charles Leclerc.

Ferrari had a weekend to forget with a double DNF that left the team with no points to take home, significantly impacting their place in the championship standings. Power unit issues for Charles Leclerc cost him his second-place standing against Sergio Perez, while Carlos Sainz, who was two points shy of securing fourth in the drivers' standings, now has a 16-point gap to George Russell as a result of hydraulic issues that forced him to retire his Ferrari.

The two DNFs made way for Mercedes, who secured third and fourth in the race, with George Russell taking his third podium of the season, allowing him to significantly extend his lead over Sainz.

Further down the top-ten, Kevin Magnussen lost his tenth-place standing to Pierre Gasly. The Frenchman secured his best result of the 2022 F1 season so far with a fifth-place finish in Baku, while Magnussen was forced to retire his car, bringing home no points from this weekend. Magnussen now stands twelfth, behind Fernando Alonso, who made up two positions with a seventh-place finish in the Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo now stands thirteenth, despite finishing the race in eighth ahead of his team-mate Lando Norris. He is followed by Sebastian Vettel, whose sixth-place finish in Baku pushed him to fourteenth in the standings. Yuki Tsunoda failed to score a point this weekend and now finds himself down in fifteenth.

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Here are the 2022 F1 Driver Standings after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing RBPT	150
2	Sergio Perez	MEX	Red Bull Racing RBPT	129
3	Charles Leclerc	MON	Ferrari	116
4	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes	99
5	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Ferrari	83
6	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes	62
7	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren Mercedes	50
8	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	40
9	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Alpine Renault	31
10	Pierre Gasly	FRA	AlphaTauri RBPT	16
11	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Alpine Renault	16
12	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	Haas Ferrari	15
13	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren Mercedes	15
14	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	13
15	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	AlphaTauri RBPT	11
16	Alexander Albon	THA	Williams Mercedes	3
17	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	2
18	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	1
19	Mick Schumacher	GER	Haas Ferrari	0
20	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	0
21	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Mercedes	0