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DRIVERS’CHAMPIONSHIP

LewisHamilton 225

ValtteriBottas 184

MaxVerstappen 162

CONSTRUCTORS’CHAMPIONSHIP

Mercedes-AMG 409

Ferrari 261

RedBullRacing 217

F1 | Sport

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