F1 Drivers Championship 19/4/2011

After three races of this season F1 there are three or four obvious contenders for the title, while there has also been a few surprise packages this season such as Paul Di Resta and Sergio Perez. So here is a look at how the Drivers Championship stands at this moment of time.

                               Championship leader Sebastian Vettel celebrating his win from pole in Australia.

Driver                                                     Team                                               Nationality                 Points              

1. Sebastian Vettel                       RBR-Renault                         German             68

2. Lewis Hamilton                        McLaren-Mercedes                British               47

3. Jenson Button                          McLaren-Mercedes                British               38  

4. Mark Webber                           RBR-Renault                          Australian         37

5. Fernando Alonso                      Ferrari                                  Spanish             26

6. Felipe Massa                            Ferrari                                  Brazilian           24

7. Vitaly Petrov                           Renault                                 Russian             17

8. Nick Heidfeld                          Renault                                 German            15

9. Nico Rosberg                           Mercedes                               German            10

10. Kamui Kobayashi                   Sauber-Ferrari                        Japanese          7

11. Michael Schumacher              Mercedes                               German            6

12. Sebastien Buemi                    STR-Ferrari                            Swiss                4

13. Adrian Sutil                           Force India-Mercedes             German            2

14. Paul Di Resta                         Force India-Mercedes             British              2

15. Jaime Alguersuari                 STR-Ferrari                             Spanish            0

16. Jarno Trulli                           Lotus-Renault                         Italian              0

17. Rubens Barrichello                Williams-Cosworth                  Brazilian           0

18. Jerome D'Ambrosio               Virgin-Cosworth                      Belgian             0

19. Heikki Kovalainen                  Lotus-Renault                        Finnish              0

20. Timo Glock                            Virgin-Cosworth                    German             0

21. Sergio Perez                          Sauber-Ferrari                       Mexican            0

22. Pastor Maldonado                  Williams-Cosworth                 Venezuelan       0  

23. Vitantonio Liuzzi                   HRT-Cosworth                        Italian               0

24. Narain Karthikeyan                HRT-Cosworth                        Indian               0

In this years F1 season there is a total of six drivers from Germany. And one of them (Sebastian Vettel of RBR-Renault) is leader of the drivers championship by 21 points.