Malaysia 2011 - Driver standings - Vettel heads the table, as the Brits follow close behind
Published by Christine
Sebastian Vettel extends his lead in these early days of the championship, with Jenson Button improving massively to jump his McLaren teammate to second. Heidfeld manages to match Petrov with 15 points each for their respective third place finishes.
| Position | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 50 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | 26 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | 22 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | 22 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | 20 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | 16 |
| 7 | Nick Heidfeld | 15 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | 15 |
| 9 | Kamui Kobayashi | 6 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | 4 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | 2 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | 2 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0 |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | 0 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | 0 |
| 17 | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | 0 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | 0 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | 0 |
| 20 | Sergio Pérez | 0 |
| 21 | Rubens Barrichello | 0 |
| 22 | Tonio Liuzzi | 0 |
| 23 | Pastor Maldonado | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 |
