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Max Verstappen's victory in the F1 Sprint at the Austrian Grand Prix has helped the Dutchman to extend his lead in the World Championship.

The winner of the Sprint is awarded eight points, meaning that Verstappen's total tally now stands at 189 points. This has increased his advantage over Sergio Perez to 38 points.

Perez put in a solid drive to finish P5 after starting from 13th on the grid, which has given him a further four points.

Behind him, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz remain in third and fourth respectively, while George Russell and Lewis Hamilton also added to their tallies to stay in fifth and sixth.

McLaren face pressure

In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull remain at the top on 340 points, with Ferrari only cutting into that lead by one point. The Milton Keynes-based squad are ahead by 62 points following the Sprint.

Mercedes hold third with 210 points, still some way off Ferrari's 278.

Behind them, McLaren are facing increasing pressure from Alpine for fourth. Esteban Ocon took home three points in the Sprint, while the Woking-based squad finished outside of the top eight.

This means that Alpine are now only three points away from McLaren.

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