Driver standings - Singapore 2014 // Hamilton moves into the lead of the F1 World Championship
Published by Christine
Lewis Hamilton's race victory allowed him to take the lead of the championship for the first time since Spain, with three points now the gap between him and teammate Nico Rosberg. Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel have both made improvements after their good finishes this weekend, whilst Valtteri Bottas's drop out of the points on the final few laps has pushed him down to sixth place.
Sergio Pérez has also been on the move, although matches Kimi Räikkönen for points - both Force India and Ferrari driver are sitting on 45 points, with a gap of 65 to Felipe Massa ahead.
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 241 |
| 2 | -1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 238 |
| 3 | 0 | Daniel Ricciardo | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 181 |
| 4 | 1 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 133 |
| 5 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 124 |
| 6 | -2 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams Martini Racing | 122 |
| 7 | 0 | Jenson Button | McLaren Mercedes | 72 |
| 8 | 0 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 72 |
| 9 | 0 | Felipe Massa | Williams Martini Racing | 65 |
| 10 | 1 | Sergio Pérez | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 45 |
| 11 | -1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 45 |
| 12 | 0 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren Mercedes | 39 |
| 13 | 0 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 |
| 14 | 0 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 |
| 15 | 0 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 8 |
| 16 | 0 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia F1 Team | 2 |
| 17 | 0 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber F1 Team | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber F1 Team | 0 |
| 21 | 0 | Max Chilton | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 22 | 0 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | André Lotterer | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
