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F1′s new elite: not so elitist
Posted on May 14, 2012


Pastor Maldonado’s victory in yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix as well as strong showings from Grosjean in the last two races and from Sergio Perez in Malaysia is highighting an important point about F1 and the relative state of the drivers. Do we often not give enough credit to the drivers in midfield cars? For years F1 races have been won by an elite of drivers from top teams with perhaps only 7 drivers managing to visit the F1 podium in the course of an entire season. In five races this season, we’ve already had 9 drivers on the podium and More…

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F1 2013 Championship Race Calendar
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F1 2013 Championship Standings
  • Canadian Grand Prix
    1
    Germany  Sebastian Vettel
    2
    Spain  Fernando Alonso
    3
    United Kingdom  Lewis Hamilton
    4
    Australia  Mark Webber
    5
    Germany  Nico Rosberg
    6
    France  Jean-Eric Vergne
    7
    United Kingdom  Paul di Resta
    8
    Brazil  Felipe Massa
    9
    Finland  Kimi Räikkönen
    10
    Germany  Adrian Sutil
  • Driver Standings
    1
    Germany  Sebastian Vettel
    132
    2
    Spain  Fernando Alonso
    96
    3
    Finland  Kimi Räikkönen
    88
    4
    United Kingdom  Lewis Hamilton
    77
    5
    Australia  Mark Webber
    69
    6
    Germany  Nico Rosberg
    57
    7
    Brazil  Felipe Massa
    49
    8
    United Kingdom  Paul di Resta
    34
    9
    France  Romain Grosjean
    26
    10
    United Kingdom  Jenson Button
    25
    11
    Germany  Adrian Sutil
    17
    12
    France  Jean-Eric Vergne
    13
    13
    Mexico  Sergio Perez
    12
    14
    Australia  Daniel Ricciardo
    7
    15
    Germany  Nico Hulkenberg
    5
    16
    Mexico  Esteban Gutierrez
    0
    17
    Finland  Valtteri Bottas
    0
    18
    Venezuela  Pastor Maldonado
    0
    19
    France  Jules Bianchi
    0
    20
    France  Charles Pic
    0
    21
    United Kingdom  Max Chilton
    0
    22
    Netherlands  Giedo van der Garde
    0
  • Team Standings
    1
    Red Bull
    201
    2
    Ferrari
    145
    3
    Mercedes
    134
    4
    Lotus
    114
    5
    Force India
    51
    6
    McLaren
    37
    7
    Toro Rosso
    20
    8
    Sauber
    5
    9
    Williams
    0
    10
    Marussia
    0
    11
    Caterham
    0

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