The World Championship classification after the sprint race of the 2023 F1 Qatar GP remains hot on many fronts. Not leading, after Max Verstappen won his third F1 world title this Saturday. But yes to the fight for runner-up, third position and 4th place, with drivers like Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc fighting in these final races to achieve the best place
In the sprint race this Saturday, 8 points were distributed to the winner, 7 to the second, 6 to the third, 5 to the fourth, 4 to the fifth, 3 to the sixth, 2 to the seventh and one to the eighth. Few points, but at this point in the championship they can help anyone a lot in pursuit of their goals. In this sense, Lewis Hamilton benefited from what happened at Lusail this Saturday. In the F1 World Championship classification after the sprint race of the Qatar F1 GP, the Briton reminded ‘Checo’ Pérez by another 4 points.
‘Czech’-Hamilton battle in World Cup qualification
The Mexican is second in the 2023 F1 World Championship classification at the wheel of the best car and achieving that position is his big goal on the course. However, you should try not to keep losing points on withdrawals if you don’t want to suffer. So far, with another abandonment in the sprint event, Hamilton has taken 4 points from him and now the Englishman is just 29 points behind ‘Checo’.
In a competitive car like Mercedes, if the Mexican does not wake up, he can have a very bad time in the last 5 Grand Prix of the year and this Sunday, in the Qatar race, Hamilton can scratch more points at the start. Hamilton starts this Sunday 3rd and Pérez, 13th after another bad ‘qualy’.
For his part, Fernando Alonso, 41st in the World Championship, 19 points behind Hamilton’s third place, will try to continue the defense of fourth place in the Constructors’ World Championship for Aston Martin against McLaren and will try to stay close to Lewis in the fight for third place. Or at least, take advantage of a difficult weekend for the Ferraris (Sainz is 5th with 22 points and Leclerc 6th with 40) to increase their margin to fourth place in the Drivers’ World Championship .
This is how the F1 World Championship classification looks like after the Lusail sprint race:
- Max Verstappen 407
- Sergio Perez 223
- Lewis Hamilton 194
- Fernando Alonso 175
- Carlos Sainz 153
- Charles Leclerc 135
- Lando Norris 121
- George Russell 120
- Oscar Piastri 65
- Lance Stroll 47
- Pierre Gasly 46
- Esteban Ocon 38
- Alexander Albon 23
- Nico Hulkenberg 9
- Valtteri Bottas
- Zhou Guanyu 4
- Yuki Tsunoda 3
- Kevin Magnussen 3
- Liam Lawson 2 (replaced Ricciardo due to injury)
- Logan Sergeant 0
- Nyck De Vries 0 (no team)
- Daniel Ricciardo 0 (injured)
Source: La Verdad
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