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Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Saturday's Sprint race at Imola, picking up eight championship points in the process.

It means Verstappen now has 33 points to his name in 2022, as he looks to make up for costly retirements in Bahrain and Australia.

Meanwhile, Verstappen's deficit to Leclerc has come down slightly from 46 points to 45, with 26 more up for grabs in Sunday's Grand Prix.

However, Leclerc's overall lead has still increased; he is 40 points clear of his new nearest rival, teammate Carlos Sainz, with George Russell slipping to 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

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