Belgium 2012 - Driver standings - Alonso remains in the lead as Vettel closes the gap
Published by Christine
Fernando Alonso continues to lead the championship, but the gap has been whittled away by Sebastian Vettel - who in turn has jumped teammate Mark Webber to move into second place. Räikkönen has risen back ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whilst Button's victory takes him over the century to remain in mathematical contention.
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 164 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 140 |
| 3 | -1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 132 |
| 4 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 Team | 131 |
| 5 | -1 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 117 |
| 6 | 1 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 101 |
| 7 | -1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 77 |
| 8 | 0 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 76 |
| 9 | 0 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber F1 Team | 47 |
| 10 | 2 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 35 |
| 11 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 35 |
| 12 | -2 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 33 |
| 13 | 3 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 31 |
| 14 | -3 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 Team | 29 |
| 15 | -2 | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 28 |
| 16 | -1 | Bruno Senna | Williams F1 Team | 24 |
| 17 | 0 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 8 |
| 18 | 0 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 4 |
| 19 | 1 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 20 | -1 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 21 | 0 | Timo Glock | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 22 | 0 | Charles Pic | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT Formula 1 Team | 0 |
| 24 | 0 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT Formula 1 Team | 0 |
