The main attention in the Abu Dhabi GP finale was the fight for second in the drivers’ championship, as Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez entered the race tied on points.
The runner-up spot in the constructors’ championship was also up for grabs between Ferrari and Mercedes.
2022 F1 World Championship standings for Drivers
| Cla | Driver | Points | Grands Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 1 | Max Verstappen | 454 | – | 25 | – | 34 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | 308 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 18 | – | 12 | – | 10 | 12 | 32 | – | 8 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | 305 | – | 12 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 19 | – | 18 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | George Russell | 275 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | – | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 15 | – | 4 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 10 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 246 | 18 | 15 | – | 5 | 15 | 12 | 18 | – | 19 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 15 | – | – | 10 | 22 | 12 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 240 | 15 | 1 | 12 | – | 8 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | – | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 24 | – |
| 7 | Lando Norris | 122 | – | 6 | 10 | 19 | – | 4 | 9 | 2 | – | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | 92 | 6 | 8 | 6 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 12 | – | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | 81 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | – | – | 6 | 6 | – | 10 | – |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | 49 | 8 | – | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | 37 | – | – | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | 6 | – | 2 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | 37 | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 4 | 8 | 4 | – | – | 1 | ||
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | 25 | 10 | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | 23 | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Mick Schumacher | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | 12 | 4 | – | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Zhou Guanyu | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Alex Albon | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Nyck de Vries | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Nico Hulkenberg | 0 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
How the Abu Dhabi GP impacted 2022 F1 world championship drivers’ points
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