Formula One World Championship Even Closer at the Top

The 2010 Formula One World Championship for both the drivers and constructors has become an even tighter race after Ferrari’s dominant performance at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend.

Fernando Alonso’s win at Monza has bought him into real contention and is now lying third in the championship just one point ahead of Jenson Button who finished second and 3 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel who finished fourth.

While Mark Webber had one of his poorest finishes of the season finishing 6th, the retirement of Lewis Hamilton, his main competitor, after a collision with Felipe Massa on the first lap meant that Webber reclaimed the lead of the Drivers Championship.

After the Italian Grand Prix Michael Schumacher and Adrian Sutil have been mathematically eliminated from the race for the Drivers Championship, however that means that on paper at least eight Drivers could still mathematically win the Championship, although based upon the performance so far this season in reality only five have a real chance.

2010 Drivers Championship After Italian Grand Prix

Position	Race Number	Driver	Team	Driver Nationality	Current Points
1	6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing		187
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren		182
3	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		166
4	1	Jenson Button	McLaren		165
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing		163
6	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		124
7	4	Nico Rossberg	Mercedes GP		112
8	11	Robert Kubica	Renault		108
9	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP		46
10	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India		45
11	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams		31
12	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber F1		21
13	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault		19
14	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams		16
15	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India		13
16	16	Sebastien Buemi	Torro Rosso		7
17	22	Pedro De La Rosa	BMW Sauber F1		6
18	17	Jaime Alguersuari	Torro Rosso		3
19	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus F1		0
20	20	Karun Chandhok	HRT F1 Team		0
21	25	Lucas Di Grassi	Virgin Racing		0
22	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus F1		0
23	21	Bruno Senna	HRT F1 Team		0
24	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing		0
25		Sakon Yamamoto	HRT F1 Team		0

Likewise the constructors race has tightened at the top with three teams, Red Bull Racing, McLaren and Ferrari all in the running.

2010 Constructors Championship After Italian Grand Prix

	Position	Constructor	Points
	1	Red Bull Racing	350
	2	Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes	347
	3	Scuderia Ferrari	290
	4	Mercedes GP Petronas	158
	5	Renault F1	127
	6	Force India	58
	7	AT&T William	47
	8	BMW Sauber F1	27
	9	Scuderia Torro Rosso	10
	10	Lotus Racing	0
	11	HRT F1 Team	0
	12	Virgin Racing	0

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