Formula 1 News: Driver Penalty Points ahead of Chinese GP
Ahead of this weekend’s Chinese GP in Shanghai, here is how many penalty points each F1 driver has. Sergio Perez leads all drivers with 8.
—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 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | ||
| Lando Norris | N/A | N/A |
| Oscar Piastri | N/A | N/A |
| Pierre Gasly | N/A | N/A |
| Esteban Ocon | N/A | N/A |
| Alex Albon | N/A | N/A |
| Daniel Ricciardo | N/A | N/A |
2 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Max Verstappen | (Two points) Forced Charles Leclerc off the track at Turn 1 at Las Vegas GP | 19th November 2024 |
| Valtteri Bottas | (Two points) Causing a collision with Lance Stroll at Mexican GP | 29th October 2024 |
| Zhou Guanyu | (Two points) Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo at Hungarian GP | 23rd July 2024 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | (Two points) Causing a collision with Logan Sargeant at Monaco GP | 29th May 2024 |
3 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Yuki Tsunoda | (One point) Forcing Zhou Guanyu off the track at Spanish GP | 4th June 2024 |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with George Russell at Dutch GP | 27th August 2024 | |
| Fernando Alonso | Dangerous driving against George Russell in Australian GP | 25th March 2025 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Causing a collision with Alex Albon during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | 9th March 2025 |
4 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Lewis Hamilton | (Two points) – Causing a collision with Sergio Perez in the sprint race at Belgian GP | 29th July 2024 |
| (Two points) -Causing a collision with George Russell at Dutch GP | 27th August 2024 | |
| George Russell | (Two points) -Unsafe rejoin + causing a collision with Sergio Perez at Monaco GP | 28th May 2024 |
| (Two points) – Causing a collision with Max Verstappen at Las Vegas GP | 19th November 2024 | |
5 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Lance Stroll | (Two points) – Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at British GP | 9th July 2024 |
| (Three Points) – Overtaking under yellow flags at Las Vegas GP | 17th November 2024 | |
6 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Logan Sargeant | (Two points) Causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas at Italian GP | 17th September 2024 |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas at hairpin at Japanese GP | 24th September 2024 | |
| (Two points) Yellow flag infringement during qualifying at Mexican GP | 28th October 2024 | |
8 Points |
Penalty Points |
Expires |
| Sergio Perez | (One point) Caused a collision with Alex Albon Singapore GP | 17th September 2024 |
| (Two points) Overtaking Fernando Alonso under the safety car Japanese GP | 24th September 2024 | |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the hairpin car Japanese GP | 24th September 2024 | |
| (Two points) Causing a collision with Lando Norris at Abu Dhabi GP | 26th November 2024 | |
| (One Point) Unsafe pit release at Saudi Arabian GP | 9th March 2025 |