Formula One drivers championship standings after Japan

Formula One Drivers Championship standings

The Formula One Championship is now in an interesting stage. The lead of Fernando Alonso in the drivers championship has come down drastically due to his retirements and Sebastian Vettel's back to back wins.

Lewis Hamilton had a bad outing in Japan and his championship hopes appear to be virtually over. Especially since his equations with his team has evaporated culminating in his announcement of his Mercedes deal.

Kimi Raikkonen hasn't won a race in this season and unless he wins the next few races his championship hopes are also over. With the superior pace of Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel would have dreaming of a third consecutive drivers championship title.

Ranking	Driver	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	194
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	190
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	157
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	152
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	134
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	131
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	93
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	82
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	69
10	Sergio Perez	Sauber	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	50
12	Paul de Resta	Force India	44
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	43
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	37
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	33
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	25
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	8
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	7
19	Timo Glock	Marussia	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	0
22	Jerome D'Ambrosio	Lotus	0
23	Charles Pic	Marussia	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	0
25	Pedro de La Rosa	HRT	0