After the first seven rounds of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen is the clear leader in the title fight. Fellow Red Bull driver Sergio Perez is second in the standings, but Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso is now edging closer thanks to his consistent performance throughout the season. Perez didn't help his cause with a crash during qualifying at the most recent round in Monaco.

In the huge surprise of the season, Alonso has proven to be the biggest threat to the Red Bull duo. In his debut season with Aston Martin, he's already finished on the podium five times, taking third in each of the races run in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and Miami, and second in the Monaco Grand Prix.

After a strong start to the season, Ferrari is no longer showing as much pace, which hasn't been helped by drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz suffering some reliability issues and crashes early on. The Mercedes-Benz AMG team, which had been dominant in recent years, hasn't been able to turn around its lackluster performance, even with recent car upgrades. At times, though, the Mercedes have looked as fast as the Ferraris and Aston Martins, the latter also running Mercedes power units.

At the other end of the spectrum, McLaren's Oscar Piastri became the first of the season's three rookie drivers to score points. Piastri scored four points by finishing eighth in the third round, the Australian Grand Prix, and added to this in Monaco with an additional point. The other rookies are Williams' Logan Sargeant and AlphaTauri's Nyck De Vries.

Below are the 2023 F1 Drivers' Championship standings:

1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing – 144 points
2) Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing – 105 points
3) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin – 93 points
4) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 69 points
5) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 50 points
6) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 48 points
7) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 42 points
8) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 27 points
9) Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 21 points
10) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 14 points
11) Lando Norris, McLaren – 12 points
12) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas – 6 points
13) Oscar Piastri, McLaren – 5 points
14) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo – 4 points
15) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo – 2 points
16) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 2 points
17) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 2 points
18) Alexander Albon, Williams – 1 point
19) Logan Sargeant, Williams – 0 points
20) Nyck De Vries, AlphaTauri – 0 points

Below are the 2023 F1 Constructors' Championship standings:

1) Red Bull Racing – 249 points
2) Aston Martin – 120 points
3) Mercedes-Benz AMG – 119 points
4) Ferrari - 90 points
5) Alpine – 35 points
6) McLaren – 17 points
7) Haas – 8 points
8) Alfa Romeo – 6 points
9) AlphaTauri – 2 points
10) Williams – 1 point

Below are the 2023 F1 season race winners:

Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing
Australian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing
Miami Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Canceled
Monaco Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Spanish Grand Prix – TBD
Canadian Grand Prix – TBD
Austrian Grand Prix – TBD
British Grand Prix – TBD
Hungarian Grand Prix – TBD
Belgian Grand Prix – TBD
Dutch Grand Prix – TBD
Italian Grand Prix – TBD
Singapore Grand Prix – TBD
Japanese Grand Prix – TBD
Qatar Grand Prix – TBD
United States Grand Prix – TBD
Mexican Grand Prix – TBD
Brazilian Grand Prix – TBD
Las Vegas Grand Prix – TBD
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – TBD