2022 F1 driver standings

Season

Standings

Pos	Driver	BHR	SAU	AUS	EMI	MIA	ESP	MCO	AZE	CAN	GBR	AUT	FRA	HUN	BEL	NLD	ITA	SGP	JPN	USA	MEX	SAO	ABU	Points
1	Max Verstappen	19^R	1	R	1⁽⁸⁾	1	1	3	1	1	7	2⁽⁸⁾	1	1										258
2	Charles Leclerc	1	2	1	6⁽⁷⁾	2	R	4	R	5	4	1⁽⁷⁾	R	6										178
3	Sergio Perez	18^R	4	2	2⁽⁶⁾	4	2	1	2	R	2	R⁽⁴⁾	4	5										173
4	George Russell	4	5	3	4	5	3	5	3	4	R	4⁽⁵⁾	3	3										158
5	Carlos Sainz	2	3	R	R⁽⁵⁾	3	4	2	R	2	1	R⁽⁶⁾	5	4										156
6	Lewis Hamilton	3	10	4	13	6	5	8	4	3	3	3⁽¹⁾	2	2										146
7	Lando Norris	15	7	5	3⁽⁴⁾	R	8	6	9	15	6	7	7	7										76
9	Esteban Ocon	7	6	7	14	8	7	12	10	6	R	5⁽³⁾	8	9										58
8	Valtteri Bottas	6	R	8	5⁽²⁾	7	6	9	11	7	R	11	14	20^R										46
10	Fernando Alonso	9	R	17	R	11	9	7	7	9	5	10	6	8										41
11	Kevin Magnussen	5	9	14	9⁽¹⁾	16^R	17	R	R	17	10	8⁽²⁾	R	16										22
12	Daniel Ricciardo	14	R	6	18⁽³⁾	13	12	13	8	11	13	9	9	15										19
13	Pierre Gasly	R	8	9	12	R	13	11	5	14	R	15	12	12										16
14	Sebastian Vettel			R	8	17^R	11	10	6	12	9	17	11	10										16
15	Mick Schumacher	11	DNS	13	17	15	14	R	14	R	8	6	15	14										12
16	Yuki Tsunoda	8	DNS	15	7	12	10	17	13	R	14	16	R	19										11
17	Guanyu Zhou	10	11	11	15	R	R	16	R	8	R	14	16^R	13										5
18	Lance Stroll	12	13	12	10	10	15	14	16^R	10	11	13	10	11										4
19	Alexander Albon	13	14^R	10	11	9	18	R	12	13	R	12	13	17										3
20	Nicholas Latifi	16	R	16	16	14	16	15	15	16	12	R	R	18										–
21	Nico Hulkenberg	17	12																					–
Pos	Driver	BHR	SAU	AUS	EMI	MIA	ESP	MCO	AZE	CAN	GBR	AUT	FRA	HUN	BEL	NLD	ITA	SGP	JPN	USA	MEX	SAO	ABU	Points

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

The fastest lap point was only awarded if the driver was also classified in the top ten for the race.

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race is playing out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 2022.

Pos	Driver	EMI	AUT	SAO	Points
1	Max Verstappen	1	1		16
2	Charles Leclerc	2	2		14
3	Carlos Sainz	4	3		11
4	Sergio Perez	3	5		10
5	George Russell	11	4		5
6	Lando Norris	5	11		4
7	Daniel Ricciardo	6	12		3
8	Esteban Ocon	16	6		3
9	Kevin Magnussen	8	7		3
10	Valtteri Bottas	7	10		2
11	Lewis Hamilton	14	8		1
12	Mick Schumacher	10	9
13	Fernando Alonso	9	DNS
14	Yuki Tsunoda	12	17
15	Lance Stroll	15	13
16	Sebastian Vettel	13	19^R
17	Guanyu Zhou	R	14
18	Pierre Gasly	17	15
19	Alexander Albon	18	16
20	Nicholas Latifi	19	18
Pos	Driver	EMI	AUT	SAO	Points

The results of the sprint races determined the starting grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in each race on a 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis and those points counted towards both championships.