China 2011 - Driver standings - Hamilton manages to close the gap on leader Vettel
Published by Christine
Sebastian Vettel retains his lead at the top of the championship, but the gap has closed a little. Lewis Hamilton has jumped above his teammate to sit in second place. Further down the order, Nico Rosberg finally makes his mark on the standings, picking up a strong ten points today.
| Position | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 68 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 47 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | 38 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | 37 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | 26 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | 24 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | 17 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | 15 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | 10 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | 7 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | 6 |
| 12 | Sébastien Buemi | 4 |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | 2 |
| 14 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | 0 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | 0 |
| 18 | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | 0 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | 0 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | 0 |
| 21 | Sergio Pérez | 0 |
| 22 | Pastor Maldonado | 0 |
| 23 | Tonio Liuzzi | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 |
