F1 World Championship – McLaren Still Ahead After Spain

Jenson Button’s fifth place finish in his McLaren gave him just enough points to stay in the lead of the F1 World Championship ahead of Fernando Alonso, whose second place finish moved him up one slot into second place.

Webber jumps to fourth place after his win, but is still behind his teammate Sebastian Vettel who moved from fifth to third after managing to claim the last step on the podium in his crippled RB6.

The big losers in the standings this weekend were Lewis Hamilton who crashed out of certain second place race finish with only two laps to go that would have moved him into second place in the championship behind his teammate and Nico Rosberg who fell from second to fifth place in the championship after also finishing out of the points.

2010 Drivers Championship After Spanish Grand Prix

Position	Race Number	Driver	Team	Driver Nationality	Current Points
1	1	Jenson Button	McLaren		70
2	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		67
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing		60
4	6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing		53
5	4	Nico Rossberg	Mercedes GP		50
6	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren		49
7	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		49
8	11	Robert Kubica	Renault		44
9	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP		22
10	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India		16
11	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India		8
12	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams		7
13	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault		6
14	17	Jaime Alguersuari	Torro Rosso		3
15	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams		1
16	16	Sebastien Buemi	Torro Rosso		0
17	22	Pedro De La Rosa	BMW Sauber F1		0
18	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber F1		0
19	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus F1		0
20	20	Karun Chandhok	HRT F1 Team		0
21	25	Lucas Di Grassi	Virgin Racing		0
22	21	Bruno Senna	HRT F1 Team		0
23	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus F1		0
24	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing		0

It could have been a different story if Lewis Hamilton hadn’t crashed due to mechanical failure with just two laps to go, Running Second at the time with no real threat from Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari Hamilton was all set to claim 18 points which would have maintained a good lead in the Constructors Championship for McLaren. But that wasn’t to be, resulting in it getting really tight up at the top, with only 6 points separating the top three Teams. McLaren is still leading but Red Bull and Ferrari have really closed the gap after locking up the podium this weekend in Barcelona.

2010 Constructors Championship After Spanish Grand Prix

	Position	Constructor	Points
	2	Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes	119
	1	Scuderia Ferrari	116
	3	Red Bull Racing	113
	4	Mercedes GP Petronas	72
	5	Renault F1	50
	6	Force India	24
	7	AT&T William	8
	8	Scuderia Torro Rosso	3
	9	BMW Sauber F1	0
	10	Lotus Racing	0
	11	HRT F1 Team	0
	12	Virgin Racing	0

With Red Bulls current qualifying and race pace, next weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix could well see them at the top of the Championships.

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