World Championships Minus Bahrain

Treating the Bahrain GP as a non-championship event due to my personal opinion that the race should not have been held, the following tables show the Driver's and Constructor's points tables after Suzuka

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso (Spain)	Ferrari	188
2	Sebastian Vettel (Germany)	Red Bull Racing	165
3	Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain)	McLaren	148
4	Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)	Lotus	139
5	Jenson Button (Great Britain)	McLaren	131
6	Mark Webber (Australia)	Red Bull Racing	121
7	Nico Rosberg (Germany)	Mercedes	93
8	Felipe Massa (Brazil)	Ferrari	67
9	Romain Grosjean (France)	Lotus	67
10	Sergio Perez (Mexico)	Sauber	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi (Japan)	Sauber	51
12	Michael Schumacher (Germany)	Mercedes	42
13	Nico Hulkenberg (Germany)	Force India	37
14	Paul di Resta (Great Britain)	Force India	35
15	Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela)	Williams	33
16	Bruno Senna (Brazil)	Williams	25
17	Jean-Eric Vergne (France)	Toro Rosso	8
18	Daniel Ricciardo (Australia)	Toro Rosso	7
19	Timo Glock (Germany)	Marussia	0
20	Charles Pic (France)	Marussia	0
21	Vitaly Petrov (Russia)	Caterham	0
22	Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)	Caterham	0
23	Pedro de la Rosa (Spain)	HRT	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan (India)	HRT	0

Alonso leads Vettel by 23 points after an accident on the first corner took the Ferrari out of the race and allowed Vettel to cruise home without any pressure.  Lewis Hamilton begins to fall back, being 40 points behind the leader after only managing 5th at Suzuka.

In the Constructor's Championship extend their lead to 24 over McLaren but Felipe's second place finish keeps Ferrari in the mix, only 31 points behind the leaders.

Lotus breaks the 200 points barrier, while Sauber makes inroads on Mercedes, putting their 5th place under pressure.

Nico Hulkenburg, finishing the season strongly for Force India, extends their lead over Williams to 15 points.  Williams will rue Pastor's non-finishes from good positions earlier in the year if they can't overhaul the Force India Team.

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing	286
2	McLaren	264
3	Ferrari	255
4	Lotus	205
5	Mercedes	125
6	Sauber	101
7	Force India	73
8	Williams	58
9	Toro Rosso	15
10	Marussia	0
10	Caterham	0
10	HRT	0