I’ve updated the World Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship standings following the Spanish GP, so we can see where everyone’s at.
Jenson Button has stretched his healthy lead up the front in the WDC – to 14 points ahead of his teammate Rubens Barrichello – and Brawn as a team are doing very well overall in the WCC with a total of 68 points.
Ross Brawn has said that his team’s only real threat at the moment is Red Bull, and looking at the standings you’d have to say he’s right!
It’s still pretty shocking to see that Williams haven’t managed to convert any of their now slowly diminishing advantage into reasonable points, languishing as they are near the bottom of the WCC table.
And the Ferrari drivers must be kicking themselves – both being 38 points behind Button in the Drivers’ – with the team overall in the bottom half of the Constructors’.
But what will it all look like come the end of the season?
World Drivers Championship
|
1 |
Jenson Button |
Brawn-Mercedes |
41 |
|
2 |
Rubens Barrichello |
Brawn-Mercedes |
27 |
|
3 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault |
23 |
|
4 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull-Renault |
15.5 |
|
5 |
Jarno Trulli |
Toyota |
14.5 |
|
6 |
Timo Glock |
Toyota |
12 |
|
7 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
9 |
|
8 |
Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
9 |
|
9 |
Nick Heidfeld |
BMW Sauber |
6 |
|
10 |
Nico Rosberg |
Williams-Toyota |
4.5 |
|
11 |
H. Kovalainen |
Williams-Toyota |
4 |
|
12 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
3 |
|
13 |
Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
3 |
|
14 |
Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
3 |
|
15 |
Sebastian Bourdais |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
1 |
|
16 |
Adrian Sutil |
Force India-Mercedes |
0 |
|
17 |
Nelson Piquet |
Renault |
0 |
|
18 |
Giancarlo Fisichella |
Force India-Mercedes |
0 |
|
19 |
Kazuki Nakajima |
Williams-Toyota |
0 |
|
20 |
Robert Kubica |
BMW Sauber |
0 |
World Constructors Championship
|
1 |
Brawn-Mercedes |
68 |
|
2 |
Red Bull-Renault |
38.5 |
|
3 |
Toyota |
26.5 |
|
4 |
McLaren-Mercedes |
13 |
|
5 |
Renault |
9 |
|
6 |
Ferrari |
6 |
|
7 |
BMW Sauber |
6 |
|
8 |
Williams-Toyota |
4.5 |
|
9 |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
4 |
|
10 |
Force India-Mercedes |
0 |
its great to see a new team on top and jenson winning
I have found that Ford are planning to enter F1. Here’s a link to a pic
http://www.flickr.com/pho tos/nwrally/3473925058/
What do you think?
Well done button. He deserves it. The season will probably culminate in a Button Vettel showdown in Abu Dhabi.
Scuderia Ferrari just arent having any luck this season, But frankly, it is so beyond refreshig to see these upstart teams like Brawn and Red Bull come in and really shine. I like Ferrari alot but theyhad their time on top.
Good to see a new team on top, but I would rather see Vettel on top, yes, i know he’s German but who cares, he’s good. I hope McLaren will come back and it would be a shame for Ferrari to finish as low are they are now, lets see…
I know it’s been said a million times before but Brawn really have done amazingly well, from nearly leaving F1 to getting a last minute engine from Merc and now they’ve just exploded. Fantastic stuff
It’s good to see Brawn getting the wins but I don’t think it’s going to be easy for them to keep doing it. I don’t know what Adrian Newey is doing but those Red-Bull seem to be getting better with every race. They have actually got ‘wings’…
Also, I agree with Ben. It’d be nice to see the Mclarens and the Ferraris in form again. Maybe it’ll be too late for them but I think they can still salvage something, maybe set their sights on 3rd or 4th position or outperform each other (given the recent history between them).
Not much different I hope. There will be improvements from Ferrari and probably BMW to name a couple but I have a feeling Hamilton will come through fuelled by feeling he has a point to prove. Jensen to nick it from Lewis and Rubens.
@#2 jaffakakes
That pic is a blatent Photoshop job.
It would help Williams if the drivers wouldn’t crash into each other.
I think it’s healthy to see a team the might get to the end of the season fighting. I still expect the big ones to come back, specially McL.
In the meantime, I enjoy Brawns, Toyotas and Vettel up there.
Mani has done this before, twice actually. Give him the money and he will build the best chasis in the field.
@#9 G:
Photoshop? Could even be MS Paint
The only chatter I can find about Ford coming back into F1 is that Lola have commited themselves to doing a technical & financial evaluation of wether or not they could possibly re-enter F1 & that they might use Cosworth engines. After thier last effort they would want to do thier homework right. There’s no mention of anything on any official Ford website & I don’t think they would be looking to commit to F1 given the current financial climate & the fact that Ford are dropping sponsorship of race teams in other series like it’s going out of style. That photo is crap.
jaffacakes, thats a brawn car with a photoshoped blue oval.
more importantly, its almost depressing how bad ferrari is doing. had sutil not crashed at Bejing, its likely that ferrari wouldve been last right now.
It’s not depressing that Ferrari is doing so badly, it’s just a mixed blessing. It gives other drivers like Jarno Trulli and the like a chance to shine and ultimately prove their position as Formula One drivers.
I highly doubt Ford will be entering F1 anytime soon, they might be in the least trouble of the Big 3 but they are still in serious trouble financially.
Mclaren will make a come back, as will BMW and Ferrari, whether or not they can challenge for the titles will yet to be seen. It depends on if Brawn can keep up with development without Honda money. I think by the end Brawn will have fallen off to some degree and we will have Mclaren, Red Bull, Toyota and a few others maybe fighting for wins consistently. Ferrari will probrably be up there too, but at their current rate of development I am a little afraid that they will only be challenging for podiums at best.
So do I, I’m pretty sure that Ford won’t be joining anytime soon.
Hate to say this but I’m loving the fact that Ferrari isn’t doing well… they always seemed to me to a bunch of spoilt babies who complain to the FIA if they didn’t win a race and its nice to see them suffering for a change although I do love a good bit of Schadenfreude.
I love Maclaren and am usually proud of them but they have spent the last few seasons making asses of themselves.
Brawn though and Red Bull I love to see winning… Makes the season more fun rather that the two race seasons we used to have (who would win between Ferrari and Mac, and then who would win from the rest). Think this is the best season ever.
This could however just be my silly British support the underdog mentality!!!
Oh and the Ford was the worst Photoshop ever!!!! at-least dull out the illuminous yellow brawn logos!!!
Ps apart from it would justify Branson I would love to see Brawn win!!
Finally, Ferrari are rubbish. oh the joy of seeing those smug Italians come middle field. And a british funded team, with a British bloke winning, could F1 get any better? And yes, that “Ford” car is the worst photoshop picture in the history of the world.
Why are people reacting about the fact that Ferrari and Mclaren aren’t on top this season as if F1 is suddenly rubbish as a result.
It doesn’t matter who’s on top the racing has been fantastic and I just want to see more.
Personally roll on next year, if all the cars have KERS we will see people boosting past each other all over the shop. =)
I also can’t wait for the KERS to trickle down into Ferrari road cars (which it will). A nice little boost of 80bhp as the Stig thunders through the ‘Follow-Through’, it’s gonna be great!
Oh and by the way ‘Top Gear Computer Minions’ FYI you never put your clock forward for the posting times on this blog!
Hamilton should be in fourth with 15 points!!!
Question, if Silverstone is gone and they can’t sort out the legal wranglings, could the british GB be held in the TG test track?
If not could you bring back the flash game? It was much better than Solitare as a time waster.
BTW Ford are still paying for Jaguars involvment in F1
With each good result Brawn will secure more sponsers, so theres a chance they can keep up the development plans for the rest of the year to stay near the top, but almost as important lets hope they secure enough to fund next seasons car! Hope this isn’t just a flash in the pan… (cringe)
I think that even if the Brawn doesnt stay as the fastest car for the whole season, the confidence it has given Button could see him through to a title.
Remember the year he finished 3rd behind the Ferrari’s and thought tthe next season would be better, it never came. He should know you gotta take your chances.
I want Vettel to win the championship!!
@24 The TG testtrack? You wha’? It’s a figure 8 for Pete’s sake! Nice crashes though…
It’s a shame though, how most of the really nice circuits in the world are too small for F1 to handle. I once heard how tracks are classified as ‘approved up to 600 hp’ or some such thing. Can anyone at TG explore that for a bit? I’d like a background article on that.
I really like to see Button getting it together this season btw. Long overdue, well deserved – especially for his loyalty to Honda all these years. Vettel will get there someday anyway, so let this be Button’s year. Anyone want to argue that everyone can win in a good car, just look at Barrichello: he’s not winning.
@29
Niether was hekki last year, or bourdais last year, or Nelson Piquet ever, etc, etc. It is more down to the driver than people want to think.
It’s just that as soon as most people see their favorite driver doing badly, they just blame the car. But just look at the way ‘The Shoemaker’ took Ferrari back to the top, a good driver can push a crap car to the front (see also Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Button and the Great Tazio Nuvolari @ the Nurburgring 1935)
Comparing team mates cars to each other is pointless. The drivers have them set up to suit thier own driving styles. Means one car can easily be faster than the other.
Worst photoshop ever
The weirdest thing about this season I think is that BMW aren’t doing well at all. I know Kubica should have got a podium in Australia and Heidfel came second in Malaysia, but they are very poor. And this is after they gave up on a potential championship last year to develop this year’s car? What went wrong?
Other than that, for the rest of the season I can see Brawn slipping back a bit due to lack of funding and hence development(they have very little sponsorship, Virgin is just one), Red Bull pulling ahead with Vettel blitzing Webber, McLaren staying where they are now, upper midfield, and Ferrari slowly climbing up the order to end up at the front again.
Hopefully anyway.
Just think the Brawn team had three weeks to prepare for the season after near certain death and the car had never been tested in the wet!.
A privately owned British team with a British driver and a major British sponsor with a British Director IS winning and IS at the top of the drivers championship and the constructors.
We should be proud of what they have achieved oh and that Ford thing is crap!
It’s great to see a new team on top, and the whole sport get shaken up a little! Good on Brawn, hope they keep it up!
KERS is a joke for the most part, the only team that really seems to have a system that works is mclaren and you dont see them powering past anyone really. Its good vs unKERS cars but once they all have it it wont make any difference at all.
For next season I hope they outlaw that double diffuser and the like, its brought all the dirty air back that they tried so hard to get rid of.
Totally agree on comment 36!
This diffuser makes overtaking just as impossible as before, hence, we are looking at ugly cars for nothing.
At the court hearing Brawn ironically proved that the rear diffuser they have has no effect at all, or can actually reduced the amount of dirty air behind the car, making overtaking easier. And the FIA recognised this point, which is why that particular appeal was thrown out.
At which point i imagine the Ferrari lawyer was a likkle bit stumped.
The most realistic finish would be Brawn GP or Red Bull winning the WCC and either Button or Vettel winning the WDC. But i’d love to see Button and Vettel both on the same points and Brawn GP and Red Bull also both on the same points. So Abu Dhabi would decide the outcome. More to the point it would make probably the best finish to any motorsport ever, but it probably won’t happen. It’s a shame though.
Team Force India last with 0 points.
It could have been so different…
I agree! It could have been a lot better!
http://www.mja-cars.co.uk /
HOW I WANT IT TO END:
1: JENSON BUTTON
2: RUBENS BARRICHELLO
3: SEBASTIAN VETTEL
4: NICK HEIDFELD
5: TIMO GLOCK
6: MARK WEBBER
7: JARNO TRULLI
8: KIMI RAIKONNEN
9: ROBERT KUBICA
10: FELIPE MASSA
11:KAZUKI NAKAJIMA
12:NICO ROSBERG
13:FERNANDO ALONSO
15: HEIKKI HOVALIENENN
16: LEWIS HAMILTON
17: SEBASTIAN BUEMI
18: NELSON PIQUET JR.
19: SEBASTIAN BOARDIAS
20: GIANCARLLO FISICHELLA
Also……..
look out for:
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Kazuki Nakagima
Sebastian Buemi
Kimi Raikkonen
Timo Glock
Nick Heidfeld
Robert Kubica
It’s great to see a breath of fresh air in F1! A break from the usual Ferrari & McLaren domination… Just look at the standings: the top teams are Brawn, Red Bull, Toyota…
I am already looking forward to next season where there will finally be new teams on the grid!
@ post 2 That is so obviously a brawn car with a ford badge put it, ridiculous. Look at the lollipop lady lining outside the front, and the obvious ford badge copied onto it, because that sticks up straight while the nose dips down.
Aaaaaaahahahaaaaa MASSA UR SH!T
anyways on to more serious stuff.
If im correct in saying so does this mean that Button can get 0 points at catalunya and still be on top?? That man is on Fire!
AMR F1 – Button and Hamilton!! Just do it!
Anyone else think that the new cars look A LOT better. They are clean, simpleand tidy a slight bit of retro maybe. Reminds me of my childhood F1 watching, with the mighty Jordan Team…ok maybe they werent so mighty but still….Plus the brawn car does look the best and its at the front. that nose is tasty
Still not as cool as Renault though.
And it was amazing watching the KERS in all its glory at Bahrain. They had a perfect shot with Barrichelo trying to get past (i cant remember who now) and on one of the main straights the other guy just pressed his KERS button, and pulled away. that was great visual coverage by the BBC! Then barrichelo used his immense car and whipped the sh!te out the other guy in the corners
and lastly (yeh ive almost finished
) number 29, (Tak) yeh it is a shame. Id like to see the brands hatch GP circuit back. That is immense. But then again anything with over 600hp at oulton park will get wrapped round a tree. As we say at work ‘You cant have a “small” crash at oulton!’ But thruxton would be interesting, seen as though its the fastest track in the country 
isn’t kovalainen with Mclaren? Why does it say he’s with Williams?
First 3rd of the season to be Brawn. Second 3rd to be Red Bull. Third 3rd of the season will be a mix.
The biggest issue has to be the reliability of the teams on Top. Brawn and Red Bull were lucky to finish half the races last year. In fact Red Bull are lucky that the issues with their cars happen during the free practise periods.
Tires are the biggest killer at the moment. Requiring to use both types of tire really messes the pace of the cars. Here is hoping that with the Fuel to the End rule of 2010 they will get rid of the requirement to use different types of tire.
I missed a few lines.
The reliability of Brawn and Red Bull has been surprising good this year. Last year they were lucky to finish half the races during the season (some due to accidents).
H. Kovalainen does not drive for williams. QUIT YOUR JIBBA JABBA FOOL!!!!
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H. Kovalainen
Williams-Toyota
4
He does not drive for toyota you pleb oh and by the way i am gay
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Just nice to see Williams have 3 drivers, compared to McLarens 1, but never mind, Kovaleinen hasn’t really set the world on fire, so who needs factual accuracy?
Otherwise, really nice to see a driver who has stuck with the sport despite having some awful cars over the last few years do well. Button deserves his chance to show he is a good driver.
As for Mr Hamilton, one bad car and he’s started complaining and threatening to quit, such a good sport.
When did Kovalainen move to Williams?
thinking of it scientifcullly i predict that jenson button will finishe first i think this because he is good..and i like him..
the only people that are saying mclaren will make a come back are brits..not surprised. u all need to take of your rose colored sunglasses and see that their performance is going nowhere and that its ferrari if anybody to make the comeback. whether or not it leads to a victory (probably wont)
i think that if button wins the chapionship it will fetch a lot more british fans to the sport.
ferrari can help button win the championship, if they improve
kovalainen at Williams…? Guess you learn something new everyday…
1
Jenson Button
Brawn-Mercedes
41
2
Rubens Barrichello
Brawn-Mercedes
27
3
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
23
4
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
15.5
5
Jarno Trulli Toyota
14.5
6
Timo Glock
Toyota
12
7
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
9
8
Fernando Alonso
Renault
9
9
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
6
10
Nico Rosberg
Williams-Toyota
4.5
11
H. Kovalainen
Williams-Toyota
4
12
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
3
13
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
3
14
Sebastien Buemi
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
3
15
Sebastian Bourdais
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1
16
Adrian Sutil
Force India-Mercedes
0
17
Nelson Piquet
Renault
0
18
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India-Mercedes
0
19
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams-Toyota
0
20
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
0
World Constructors Championship
1
Brawn-Mercedes
68
2
Red Bull-Renault
38.5
3
Toyota
26.5
4
McLaren-Mercedes
13
5
Renault
9
6
Ferrari
6
7
BMW Sauber
6
8
Williams-Toyota
4.5
9
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
4
10
Force India-Mercedes
if you look at the standing in 2008 i bet button did’t think he would be leading the way a year later..ps:go mark webber
button or hamilton to win go gb
tbh i just wanna see race cars go round the track non of the big money problems should come into it because ya go down da asda get some petty an den ya get on da track put ya foot down win get some shampain get bevied go a kip wait till next week and repeat so whers the money needed???
i think jenson will win this year
Ermm since when was Heikki racing for Williams-Toyota? I’d prefer it if he stayed with McLaren please