1. Max Verstappen - 77 points
2. Sergio Perez - 64 points
3. Charles Leclerc - 59 points
4. Carlos Sainz - 55 points
5. Lando Norris - 37 points
6. Oscar Piastri - 32 points
7. George Russell - 24 points
8. Fernando Alonso - 24 points
9. Lewis Hamilton - 10 points
10. Lance Stroll - 9 points

If you missed the Dutch and Austrian national anthems in Australia with Ferrari's win, here they are again as Max Verstappen takes the top-step on the podium.

Interesting chat with the top three just before the podium in which they talk about the crash involving Alex Albon and Daniel Ricciardo.

Sergio Perez said Albon was in Ricciardo's blind spot and Verstappen adds that the crash involving his former team-mates was 'unfortunate'.

Max Verstappen has continued his seemingly inexorable push for a fourth straight Formula One championship with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix.

The Red Bull star cruised to another race win at Suzuka on Sunday morning, ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, as the reigning constructors champions dominated the paddock once again.

While there were few surprises on the podium, with Carlos Sainz coming home in third for Ferrari, the race got off to a dramatic start.

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You have to go back to Michael Schumacher's hat-trick of wins from 2000 to 2002 as the last driver to win three straight races at Suzuka.

Another bonus for the Dutchman is that he picked up the point for fastest lap.

After the disappointment of Australia, it's business resumed for Max Verstappen as he wins the Japanese Grand Prix for the third year in a row.

With team-mate Sergio Perez in second and Carlos Sainz rounding off the podium.

Yuki Tsunoda who had been lapped gets a point on home soil.

Win number 57 for Verstappen, and he has told Sky Sports;

It was very nice the critical bit was the start and after that the car got better and better. Couldn't have been any better.
It was a little hiccup the last race but I'm glad we are back here on top.
China will be hectic as it's a sprint weekend. Only one practice which will make it very interesting.

Good effort from Perez to finish second today, and he has told Webber;

It was a good weekend for the team with the start, and restart again it's hard to keep the focus.
My second start was a little bit better but couldn't get Max. We went off-balance in the first stint and was overcut by Lando but in the second stint we were a lot more comfortable and had better balance.
We are in good momentum, I had my worst weekend here last year. So if we can be strong here we can be strong everywhere else.

The Spaniard has told former race-winner Mark Webber;

I had a good race very happy because it was tough with the degradation but then the clouds came and that went lower. I had to overtake a lot of cars today which was tricky.
I thought it would be difficult to get back into P3 seeing how tricky to overtake Mercedes in second stint and then the gap to Lando and Charles.
I think China will be a tough weekend for anyone. Track we haven't been to in years with one practice and sprint race will be a challenge.

Leclerc finishes fourth ahead of Norris while Alonso keeps sixth ahead of Russell, Piastri and Hamilton.

A very calm Verstappen says it's a 'lovely' result after the race.

It's a brilliant result for Red Bull and a solid day for Ferrari who beat Norris despite the McLaren driver's best efforts.

Verstappen said after the race;

Yes! That was a very lovely race. The car just got better and better to be honest throughout the race. Well done really good result.'