Kimi Antonelli can be champion with five races to spare and Verstappen already threatens Hamilton and Russell: this is how the F1 classification remains after the Singapore GP

Max Verstappen continues to climb positions in the F1 World Cup classification and, with his second consecutive victory, he scares and adds spice to the fight for the runner-up position.

The four-time king of F1 managed to surpass Leclerc in the general classification of the World Cup and went from 5th place overall to 4th, already only 8 points behind a Lewis Hamilton that he made a mistake with the strategy and that he could only be 6th when he should have been fighting for the podium. Kimi is glued to lewisbut also Russell. George started from the back due to an engine change and was only able to score 2 points by recovering to 9th place on a circuit where it was very difficult to overtake. That, together with Verstappen’s victory, means that Max is placed just 17 points away from george with six appointments left until the end of the World Cup.

Red Bull finally gave him a competitive car with the great improvement that the evolution of Bakubut it arrived very late, with Kimi Antonelli too prominent in the leadership of the World. Mathematics says that Max’s comeback is still possible if he wins everything from here to the end and Kimi fails, but reason says that it is impossible.

Kimi will have his first match ball in Austin

Kimiwith a very intelligent race, in which he managed to be 3rd at steal Norris’s wallet at the end with a very cunning actiona, maximized his options to increase their margin in the World Cup leadership up to 102 points. He has Hamilton at 111 and Verstappen at 119. There are 150 points left at stake. Kimi has his first F1 world title in his pocket.

So much so, that in the next race in Austin, in two weeks, the Italian will have his first match ball of the year to be champion, with 5 races left until the end of the year. Of course, the probabilities of this happening are not very high, since he needs to win, for Hamilton to be 5th at most and Russell, at most 9th.

F1 World Championship classification after the Singapore GP:

1st Andrea Kimi Antonelli (ITA/Mercedes) 340 points

2nd George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 238 points

3rd Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Ferrari) 229 points

4th Max Verstappen (PB/Red Bull) 221 points

5th Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 215 points

6th Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren) 201 points

7th Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren) 138 points

8th Isack Hadjar (FRA/Red Bull) 97 points

9th Liam Lawson (NZL/Red Bull) 75 points

10th Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine) 41 points

11th Arvid Lindblad (GBR/Racing Bulls) 38 points

12th Franco Colapinto (ARG/Alpine) 27 points

13th Oliver Bearman (GBR/Haas F1) 23 points

14th Nico Hülkenberg (ALE/Audi) 13 points

15th Gabriel Bortoleto (BRA/Audi) 10 points

16th Esteban Ocon (FRA/Haas F1) 7 points

17th Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin) 7 points

18th Carlos Sainz (ESP/Williams) 7 points

19th Alexander Albon (THA/Williams) 5 points

20th Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/Racing Bulls) 1 point

21st Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin) 0 points

22nd Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Cadillac) 0 points

23rd Sergio Pérez (MEX/Cadillac) 0 points