F1 2022 Standings: Updated Driver & Constructor standings as Leclerc wins Australian GP

third round of Formula One 2022 season at Australian Grand Prix ended on Sunday with Charles Leclerc finishing a dominant weekend for Ferrari, earning his second win of season. In process, Leclerc extended his le in drivers’ championship table after holding off Red Bull's Max Verstappen during opening laps of race, as well as during mid-race safety cars.

Starting race on pole position, Leclerc finished race 20.524 seconds clear of second-place finisher Sergio Perez, along with fastest lap of race.

While Leclerc and Perez earned podiums for Ferrari and Red Bull, reigning world champion Max Verstappen and Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz suffered DNFs and bowed out of race. At same time, George Russell earned his first podium with Mercedes, while eight-time world champion Lewis Hamilton finished fourth. McLaren pair of Lando rris and Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth and sixth respectively. 

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon finished seventh at Australian GP, with Valtteri Bottas on his Alfa Romeo, Pierre Gasly on his Alpha Tauri finishing seventh and eighth respectively. Alex Albon earned first point of season by finishing 10th on his Williams, ahe of Guanyu Zhou, Lance Stroll, Mick Schumacher, Kevin Magnussen and Yuki Tsuda respectively.

Meanwhile, Nicholas Latifi and Fernando Alonso earned P16 and P17 respectively, whereas Verstappen, Vettel, and Sainz didn’t finish race. With that said, here’s updated drivers’ and constructors’ championship table after Australian GP.

Updated F1 2022 Drivers' Championship Points Table after Australian GP

Updated F1 2022 Constructors' Championship Points Table after Australian GP

(Im: AP)