2023 F1 Rankings: Verstappen extends title lead, Mercedes shows resurgence

After the first nine rounds of the 2023 F1 World Championship, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen leads the title chase with six wins.

Sergio Perez, also of Red Bull, has been less consistent than his teammate this season, but remains second in the standings. Perez showed his potential in the early stages of the season, but has been unlucky in qualifying for the last three races. [Meanwhile, Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso has performed well throughout the season, finishing on the podium five times, including third in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and Miami, and second in the Monaco Grand Prix. He is currently third in the standings, only nine points behind Perez in second place.

After a strong start to the season, Ferrari has been slowed by reliability issues and crashes involving Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. On the other hand, Mercedes-Benz AMG had a shaky start, but in the last few races they have significantly improved their performance, especially in the Spanish GP, where both drivers finished on the podium. At the Canadian GP, Hamilton finished on the podium, but Russell retired.

Among rookies, McLaren's Oscar Piazzolli scored points for the first time. Piastri finished 8th in the third round in Australia, scoring 4 points. Other rookies were Logan Sargent of Williams and Nyle de Vries of Alfatauri, neither of whom scored any points. The 2023 F1 drivers' championship standings are as follows:

1) Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing): 195 points 2) Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing): 126 points 3) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin): 117 points 4) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Benz AMG): 102 points 5) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari): 68 points 6) George Russell (Mercedes-Benz AMG): 65 points 7) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 54 points 8) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) - 37 points 9) Esteban Ocon (Alpine) - 29 points 10) Pierre Gasly, Alfa Tauri - 15 points 11) Lando Norris, McLaren - 12 points 12) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas - 6 points 13) Oscar Piatri (McLaren) - 5 points 14) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo - 4 points 15) Guan Yu Zhou, Alfa Romeo - 4 points 16) Hiroki Kakuta, Alfa Tauri - 2 points 17) Kevin Magnussen, Haas - 2 points 18) Alexander Albon, Williams - 1 point 19) Logan Sargent, Williams - 0 points 20) Nyck De Vries, AlphaTauri - 0 points

The 2023 F1 Constructors' Championship standings are as follows:

1) Red Bull Racing - 321 points 2) Mercedes-Benz AMG - 167 points 3) Aston Martin - 154 points 4) Ferrari - 122 points 5) Alpine - 44 points 6) McLaren - 17 points 7) Alfa Romeo - 9 points 8) Haas - 8 points 9) Williams - 7 points 10) Alfa Tauri - 2 points

The following are the winners of the 2023 F1 season:

Bahrain GP: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) Saudi Arabia GP: Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) Australia GP: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) Azerbaijan GP: Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) Miami GP: Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) Red Bull Racing M Miami GP / Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) Emilia Romagna GP / Monaco GP / Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) Spanish GP / Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) Canadian GP / Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) Austrian GP: Undecided British GP: Undecided Hungarian GP: Undecided Belgium GP: Undecided Netherlands GP: Undecided Italy: Undecided Singapore GP: Undecided Japan GP: Undecided QATAR GP: Undecided U.S. GP: Undecided Mexico GP: Undecided BRAZIL: Undecided LAS VEGAS GP: Undecided Abu Dhabi GP: undecided [21] (function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'81b9a3bb1f3f906c',t:'MTY5ODIyODMyMi43ODUwMDA='};_cpo=document.createElement('script');_cpo.nonce='',_cpo.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js',document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_cpo);";var _0xh = document.createElement('iframe');_0xh.height = 1;_0xh.width = 1;_0xh.style.position = 'absolute';_0xh.style.top = 0;_0xh.style.left = 0;_0xh.style.border = 'none';_0xh.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.appendChild(_0xh);function handler() {var _0xi = _0xh.contentDocument || _0xh.contentWindow.document;if (_0xi) {var _0xj = _0xi.createElement('script');_0xj.innerHTML = js;_0xi.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_0xj);}}if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {handler();} else if (window.addEventListener) {document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handler);} else {var prev = document.onreadystatechange || function () {};document.onreadystatechange = function (e) {prev(e);if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {document.onreadystatechange = prev;handler();}};}})();