Formula 1 News: Driver Penalty Points to start the 2025 season
After the 2024 F1 season, here is how many penalty points each F1 driver has going into the 2025 season that will see six rookies on the grid. If Max Verstappen gets 4 more points he will have to sit out one race in 2025.
—by Mark Cipolloni—
Drivers can accrue penalty points for indiscretions over a given race weekend, which are kept on their Super License for a 12-month period.
If a driver reaches 12 penalty points within the 12-month period, they will receive an automatic one-race ban.
These points remain on a driver’s license for 12 months, and if a driver accumulates 12, then they will be banned from the next event.
The penalty points are given depending on the severity of the incident in F1. These include, but are not limited to:
- Causing a collision
- Ignoring flags
- Holding up faster cars
- Ignoring pitlane speed limits
0 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Charles Leclerc | N/A | N/A |
| Pierre Gasly | N/A | N/A |
| Yuki Tsunoda | N/A | N/A |
| Franco Colapinto | N/A | N/A |
| Guanyu Zhou | N/A | N/A |
| Isack Hadjar | N/A | N/A |
| Jack Doohan | N/A | N/A |
| Oliver Bearman | N/A | N/A |
| Gabriel Bortoleto | N/A | N/A |
| Kimi Antonelli | N/A | N/A |
1 Point |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| George Russell | (One point) Safety Car infringement during 2024 Qatar GP | 1st December 2025 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | (One Point) Made contact with Oscar Piastri in 2024 Miami GP | May 5, 2025 |
2 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Oscar Piastri | (Two Points) Contact with Franco Colapinto at the Abu Dhabi GP | December 1, 2025 |
| Liam Lawson | (Two points) Causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas at Qatar GP | December 2, 2025 |
| Alex Albon | (Two points) Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the Qatar GP | December 2, 2025 |
3 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Esteban Ocon | (Two points) Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at the Monaco GP | May 27, 2025 |
| (One point) Unsafe release during the Miami GP | May 4, 2025 | |
4 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Lance Stroll | (Two points) – Causing a collision with Alex Albon at the Qatar GP | December 2, 2025 |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo at the Chinese GP | 21st April 2025 | |
| Nico Hulkenberg | (Two points) Causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix | September 1, 2025 |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2024 Austrian GP Sprint |
Jun 29, 2025 | |
5 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Valtteri Bottas | (Two points) – Causing a collision with Sergio Perez at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | December 12, 2025 |
| (Three Points) – Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | December 12, 2025 | |
8 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Max Verstappen | (One point) Driving unnecessarily in the 2024 F1 Qatar GP | December 1, 2025 |
| (One point) VSC infringement in the 2024 F1 Brazilian GP Sprint | November 2, 2025 | |
| (Two points) Forcing Lando Norris off track during the 2024 F1 Mexican GP | October 28, 2025 | |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Norris at the 2024 F1 Austrian GP | June 30, 2025 | |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Oscar Piastri at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | December 12, 2025 | |
| Fernando Alonso | (Three Points) Dangerous driving against George Russell in Australian GP | 25th March 2025 |
| (Three Points) Pushing Carlos Sainz off the track in the F1 Chinese GP Sprint | 20th April 2025 | |
| (Two Points) Causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu at the F1 Austrian GP | June 30, 2025 |