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Button Believes Alonso Or Vettel Will Win 2012 Title

McLaren driver Jenson Button, who finished second in yesterday's race at the Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore, believes this year's Championship battle will be between Spanish Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel, despite McLaren currently having the fastest car.

Both Vettel and Button had overtaken Venezuelan Williams driver Pastor Maldonado right after the lights went out and after Button's team mate Lewis Hamilton retired from the lead after suffering a gearbox issue, Vettel took over to win the Singapore Grand Prix with Button in second, just like last year.

Current World Champion Sebastian Vettel lies second in the Drivers Championship, 29 points behind the Spanish Ferrari driver, while Hamilton plummeted from second to fourth and trails Alonso by 52 points.
Button is 75 points off the lead with a maximum 150 left on offer.

“It's hard for anyone to catch Alonso, except Sebastian at the moment,” Button is quoted as saying by BBC Sport. “It's between those two but there's still a lot of people with a long shot. That's what we're all going to go for."

“It just shows that one bad race makes a massive difference. Fernando had his at Spa, Lewis had his at Spa and here, Seb had his at the last race. I had mine in the last race. When no one has the consistency, you can't close a big gap on someone. But Sebastian is now only 29 points behind. That's a gap that's shrinking,” Button added.

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2025 F1 Championship Standings (as of August 3)

PDriverTeamPoints
1Oscar PiastriMcLaren284
2Lando NorrisMcLaren275
3Max VerstappenRed Bull187
4George RussellMercedes172
5Charles LeclercFerrari151
6Lewis HamiltonFerrari109
7Andrea AntonelliMercedes64
8Alexander AlbonWilliams54
9Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber37
10Esteban OconHaas27
11Fernando AlonsoAston Martin26
12Lance StrollAston Martin26
13Isack HadjarRacing Bulls22
14Pierre GaslyAlpine20
15Liam LawsonRacing Bulls20
16Carlos SainzWilliams16
17Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber14
18Yuki TsunodaRed Bull10
19Oliver BearmanHaas8
20Jack DoohanAlpine0
21Franco ColapintoAlpine0
PTeamPoints
1McLaren F1 Team559
         Poles: 8       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 11
2Scuderia Ferrari HP260
         Poles: 1       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 0
3Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team236
         Poles: 1       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 1
4Oracle Red Bull Racing194
         Poles: 4       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 2
5Atlassian Williams Racing70
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
6Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team52
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
7Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber51
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
8Visa Cash App Racing Bulls45
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
9MoneyGram Haas F1 Team35
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
10BWT Alpine F1 Team20
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0

2025 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of July 20)

PRiderTeamPoints
1Marc MarquezDucati Lenovo381
2Alex MarquezGresini Racing261
3Francesco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo213
4Marco BezzecchiAprilia Racing156
5Fabio Di GiannantonioPertamina Enduro VR46142
6Franco MorbidelliPertamina Enduro VR46139
7Pedro AcostaRed Bull KTM124
8Johann ZarcoCastrol Honda LCR109
9Fabio QuartararoMonster Energy Yamaha102
10Fermin AldeguerGresini Racing97
11Maverick ViñalesKTM Tech369
12Brad BinderRed Bull KTM68
13Raul FernandezTrackhouse Racing66
14Luca MariniHonda HRC Castrol52
15Jack MillerPramac Racing52
16Ai OguraTrackhouse Racing51
17Enea BastianiniKTM Tech349
18Alex RinsMonster Energy Yamaha42
19Joan MirHonda HRC Castrol32
20Takaaki NakagamiHRC Team10
21Jorge MartinAprilia Racing9
22Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia Racing8
23Pol EspargaroKTM Tech38
24Miguel OliveiraPramac Racing6
25Augusto FernandezYamaha Factory Racing6
26Somkiat ChantraIdemitsu Honda LCR1
27Aleix EspargaroHRC Team0
PTeamPoints
1Ducati Lenovo Team594
         Poles: 8       Sprint wins: 11       GP wins: 9
2BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP358
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 1
3Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team281
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
4Red Bull KTM Factory Racing192
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
5Aprilia Racing173
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 1
6Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP144
         Poles: 4       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
7Red Bull KTM Tech3126
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
8Trackhouse MotoGP Team117
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
9Honda LCR MotoGP110
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 1
10Honda HRC Castrol84
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
11Prima Pramac Racing61
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0