Driver standings - Japanese Grand Prix 2015 - Rosberg and Vettel neck and neck in fight for second place

Whilst Lewis Hamilton extends his lead for the championship, Nico Rosberg is facing a stern threat from Sebastian Vettel - the two are separated by 11 points now. The gap between the top three and the rest of the field is enormous, with Räikkönen and Bottas making progress but Felipe Massa's performance flatlining over the past few weekends.

Romain Grosjean and Nico Hülkenberg made progress in the midfield, whilst Carlos Sainz jumped Fernando Alonso for 15th place, which won't have improved the Spaniard's mood very much.

Position		Driver	Team	Points
1	0	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	277
2	0	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	229
3	0	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	218
4	0	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	119
5	0	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	111
6	0	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	97
7	0	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	73
8	0	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	66
9	1	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	44
10	-1	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	39
11	1	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	38
12	-1	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	32
13	0	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	17
14	0	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	16
15	1	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12
16	-1	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	11
17	0	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	9
18	0	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	6
19	0	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	0
20	0	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team	0
21	0	Alexander Rossi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	0
22	0	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Honda	0