Malaysia 2012 - Driver standings - Fernando Alonso heads to the top of the standings after victory
Published by Christine
Fernando Alonso's win pushes him through to the top spot, leading the championship ahead of the two McLaren drivers. Mark Webber sits firmly in fourth, with Pérez now well in the hunt in fifth place. Michael Schumacher picked up a single point this weekend - the first for Mercedes this year, whilst Bruno Senna secured Williams a full eight points to get their year off to a better start than the previous one.
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 35 |
| 2 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 30 |
| 3 | -2 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 25 |
| 4 | 0 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber F1 Team | 22 |
| 6 | -4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 18 |
| 7 | 0 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 Team | 16 |
| 8 | 8 | Bruno Senna | Williams F1 Team | 8 |
| 9 | -3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 8 |
| 10 | 0 | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 7 |
| 11 | 0 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 4 |
| 12 | -3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 2 |
| 13 | 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1 |
| 15 | -3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 0 |
| 16 | -3 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 Team | 0 |
| 17 | -3 | Timo Glock | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 18 | -3 | Charles Pic | Marussia F1 Team | 0 |
| 19 | -2 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 0 |
| 20 | -1 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 21 | -3 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham F1 Team | 0 |
| 22 | 1 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT Formula 1 Team | 0 |
| 23 | 1 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT Formula 1 Team | 0 |
| 24 | -3 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 0 |
