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Max Verstappen bounced back from his retirement at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix with a hard-fought win in Saudi Arabia.

Verstappen narrowly beat Charles Leclerc to the chequered flag on the streets of Jeddah after another thrilling scrap between the Red Bull and Ferrari drivers.

In doing so, the reigning World Champion climbs all the way from the bottom of the standings to third, with only Leclerc and Carlos Sainz - who rounded out the podium on Sunday night - ahead of him.

Leclerc now holds a 12-point lead over teammate Sainz in the Drivers' Championship, with Verstappen eight points further back. Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton are next up in fourth and fifth respectively.

As for the teams, Ferrari hold an early 40-point advantage over Mercedes, with Red Bull another point adrift in third.

Check out the full F1 World Championship standings below:

Drivers Teams

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	454
2	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	308
3	Sergio Pérez Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	305
4	George Russell Mercedes	Mercedes AMG F1	275
5	Carlos Sainz Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	246
6	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	Mercedes AMG F1	240
7	Lando Norris McLaren	McLaren Racing	122
8	Esteban Ocon Alpine	Alpine F1	92
9	Fernando Alonso Alpine	Alpine F1	81
10	Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Racing	49
11	Daniel Ricciardo McLaren	McLaren Racing	37
12	Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	37
13	Kevin Magnussen Haas	Haas F1	25
14	Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri	Scuderia Alpha Tauri	23
15	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	18
16	Mick Schumacher Haas	Haas F1	12
17	Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri	Scuderia Alpha Tauri	12
18	Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Racing	6
19	Alexander Albon Williams	Williams Racing	4
20	Nicholas Latifi Williams	Williams Racing	2
21	Nyck de Vries Williams	Williams Racing	2
22	Nico Hulkenberg Aston Martin	Aston Martin F1 Team	0

Pos.	Team	Drivers	Points
1	Red Bull Verstappen & Pérez	Verstappen & Pérez	759
2	Ferrari Sainz & Leclerc	Sainz & Leclerc	554
3	Mercedes Hamilton & Russell	Hamilton & Russell	515
4	Alpine Alonso & Ocon	Alonso & Ocon	173
5	McLaren Norris & Ricciardo	Norris & Ricciardo	159
6	Alfa Romeo Bottas & Zhou	Bottas & Zhou	55
7	Aston Martin Stroll & Vettel	Stroll & Vettel	55
8	Haas Schumacher & Magnussen	Schumacher & Magnussen	37
9	Alpha Tauri Gasly & Tsunoda	Gasly & Tsunoda	35
10	Williams Albon & Latifi	Albon & Latifi	8