Sebastian Vettel is now leading the F1 2012 Championship after Bahrain Grand Prix.
There is not much difference between the top 5 drivers, so that championship is wide open.
Michael Schumacher who has been in the first two rows in qualifying in Australia, Malaysia and China has only 2 points to his name after Bahrain. It again reinforces the fact that the proof of the pudding is in eating ie. finishing the race in points scoring positions in F1.
The interesting thing is at the bottom of the table. Timo Glock and Charles Pic of Marussia are 19th and 20th at the moment due to their higher finish. Marussia finished in 14th and 15th position in Australia where as the best place finish of Caterham was 16th and 18th in Malaysia. So Marussia is now in the 10th position. If non of them last three teams ie. Marussia, Caterham or HRT finish in the points and if Caterham and HRT doesn't finish above 14th position, then Marussia will get the 10th position. That is vital because only the top 10 teams get money for the championship. That is many millions of dollars for the 10th placed team and it makes a huge difference to them.
There is not much difference between the top 5 drivers, so that championship is wide open.
Michael Schumacher who has been in the first two rows in qualifying in Australia, Malaysia and China has only 2 points to his name after Bahrain. It again reinforces the fact that the proof of the pudding is in eating ie. finishing the race in points scoring positions in F1.
The interesting thing is at the bottom of the table. Timo Glock and Charles Pic of Marussia are 19th and 20th at the moment due to their higher finish. Marussia finished in 14th and 15th position in Australia where as the best place finish of Caterham was 16th and 18th in Malaysia. So Marussia is now in the 10th position. If non of them last three teams ie. Marussia, Caterham or HRT finish in the points and if Caterham and HRT doesn't finish above 14th position, then Marussia will get the 10th position. That is vital because only the top 10 teams get money for the championship. That is many millions of dollars for the 10th placed team and it makes a huge difference to them.
|
Position
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
Redbull
|
53
|
|
2
|
Lewis Hamilton
|
McLaren
|
49
|
|
3
|
Mark Webber
|
Redbull
|
43
|
|
4
|
Jenson Button
|
McLaren
|
43
|
|
5
|
Fernando Alonso
|
Ferrari
|
43
|
|
6
|
Nico Rosberg
|
Mercedes
|
35
|
|
7
|
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Lotus
|
34
|
|
8
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Lotus
|
23
|
|
9
|
Sergio Perez
|
Sauber
|
22
|
|
10
|
Paul di Resta
|
Force India
|
15
|
|
11
|
Bruno Senna
|
Williams
|
14
|
|
12
|
Kamui Kobayashi
|
Sauber
|
9
|
|
13
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
STR
|
4
|
|
14
|
Pastor Maldonado
|
Williams
|
4
|
|
15
|
Daniel Ricciardo
|
STR
|
2
|
|
16
|
Nico Hulkenberg
|
Force India
|
2
|
|
17
|
Felipe Massa
|
Ferrari
|
2
|
|
18
|
Michael Schumacher
|
Mercedes
|
2
|
|
19
|
Timo Glock
|
Marussia
|
0
|
|
20
|
Charles Pic
|
Marussia
|
0
|
|
21
|
Vitaly Petrov
|
Caterham
|
0
|
|
22
|
Heikki Kovalainen
|
Caterham
|
0
|
|
23
|
Pedro de la Rosa
|
HRT
|
0
|
|
24
|
Narain Karthikeyan
|
HRT
|
0
|
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