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Max Verstappen has scored a staggering 90 points less in the first
12 races of this season compared to last year, with only Carlos
Sainz having endured a wore start to the campaign. In Sainz's
case, the Williams driver has scored 133 points fewer than he had
done for Ferrari in the first half of last year, with his move
offering an adequate explanation. The same cannot be said for
Verstappen, who sits third in the F1 drivers' title and 69 points
adrift of Oscar Piastri. Red Bull has struggled for consistent
performances, although the Dutchman has still been able to win two
races this year. Piastri not only leads the title, the McLaren
driver has also scored 110 points more in the opening 12 rounds
than he had last year – no driver can better his improvement.
Remarkably, Yuki Tsunoda scored more points in the first 12 rounds
of last season for Red Bull's sister team, than he has this year
for the Milton Keynes-based outfit. Other noticeable drivers are
Lando Norris and Alex Albon, who have scored 55 and 42 points more
than this time last year, respectively. Interestingly, despite
facing criticism for a difficult start to life as a Ferrari driver,
Lewis Hamilton has scored only seven points less than this time
last year, when he was still driving for Mercedes. Of the 21
drivers to have entered a race this season, only Jack Doohan and
Franco Colapinto are yet to score a point, and as a result do not
feature in the table below. View the championship standings below
after the first 12 races of 2024 as well as 2025! F1 driver
championship after 12 races in 2025 vs. 2024
