Formula 1 drivers gear up for Barcelona GP 2023

Formula One drivers are all geared up for the eighth race of the 2023 calendar year as F1 travels to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix. The event is scheduled for June 4, with practise and qualifying sessions scheduled for June 2 and 3, respectively.
Ahead of the event at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya track, here is a look at the driver standings for this season after six races. The seventh race this year at the Emilia Romagna GP was cancelled due to severe flooding in the region. Leading the driver ranking this season is the two-time driver championship winner, Max Verstappen, with 144 points. He has bagged the championship twice, in 2021 and 2022.
Trailing behind the defending champion is his Red Bull Racing teammate Sergio Perez, who, despite a lousy performance at the Monaco GP as he finished 16th, stands in the second position with 105 points. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso is having one of his best seasons so far in Formula 1. With multiple podiums this season, he stands in the third position in the Driver’s Standings 2023 with a total of 93 points. He finished second in the Monaco GP last week. The seven-time Driver Championship winner, Lewis Hamilton, who has been struggling for podiums with his Mercedes since last year, stands in the fourth position with 69 points. At the same time, his teammate George Russell holds the fifth position with 50 points. The sixth and seventh positions are occupied by both the Ferrari drivers, as Carlos Sainz stands in the sixth position with 48 points and Charles Leclerc stands in the seventh position with 42 points.
Aston Martin’s second driver, Lance Stroll, is falling behind his teammate Alonso in the rankings as he stands in eighth position with 27 points. On the other hand, Alpine Renault’s Esteban Ocon, who finished third in the Monaco GP, stands in ninth position with 21 points.