Hamilton and Vettel in battle for title Lewis Hamilton leads the F1 Championship by 28 points over Sebastian Vettel, with six races to go and a maximum of 150 points to be won Vettel’s hopes of fifth world title damaged after dramatic collision with Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen on start-line in Singapore Lewis Hamilton 263 Sebastian Vettel 235 SEASON BREAKDOWN (Race finish / total points) 2 18 Australia 25 1 1 43 China 43 2 2 61 Bahrain 68 1 4 73 Russia 86 2 1 98 Spain 104 2 7 104 Monaco 129 1 1 129 Canada 141 4 5 139 Azerbaijan 153 4 4 151 Austria 171 2 1 176 Britain 177 7 4 188 Hungary 202 1 1 213 Belgium 220 2 1 238 Italy 235 3 1 263 Singapore 235 - REMAINING RACES: Malaysia’s last ever Grand Prix offers Vettel – four-time winner in Sepang – good opportunity to claw back Hamilton’s lead Oct 1 Sepang Malaysia Oct 8 Suzuka Japan Oct 22 Austin USA Oct 29 Mexico City Mexico Nov 12 Sao Paulo Brazil Nov 26 Abu Dhabi UAE Source: FIA Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS