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F1 penalty points are awarded to drivers for their transgressions during a race weekend. These could be a plethora of offenses, ranging from causing an incident to dangerously blocking another competitor or driving in an unsafe manner in the pitlane.
Each of these transgressions, based on their severity, has different F1 penalty points attached to them. Once a driver accumulates 12 penalty points in a 12-month period, he faces a one-race suspension. The penalty points will continue to be on the driver's quota for 12 months before they expire.
On that note, let's take a look at where each driver stands in terms of F1 penalty points after the 2024 F1 Bahrain GP.
F1 Penalty points before the
2024 F1 Bahrain GP
#1 Lewis Hamilton
Penalty Points: 4
Lewis Hamilton has four penalty points to his name, all of which were accumulated last season.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Oscar Piastri in the 2023 F1 Italian GP (Expires on September 3, 2024).
- Two points: Causing a collision with Sergio Perez in the 2023 F1 Belgian GP (Expires on July 30, 2024).
#2 George Russell
Penalty Points: 4
George Russell collected four penalty points, two of which were for driving in an unsafe manner in Monaco last year.
- Two points: Rejoining the track in an unsafe manner at the 2023 F1 Monaco GP and causing a collision with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez (Expires on May 28, 2024).
- Two points: These were issued for causing a collision with Max Verstappen at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix (Expires on November 19, 2024).
#3 Max Verstappen
Penalty Points: 2
Max Verstappen has two penalty points to his name.
- Two points: These were issued for forcing Charles Leclerc off track during the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix (Expires on November 19, 2024).
#4 Sergio Perez
Penalty Points: 7
Sergio Perez has accumulated seven penalty points, having picked up three of them in Suzuka.
- Two points: Overtaking Fernando Alonso under safety car conditions (Expires on September 24, 2024).
- Two points: Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen (Expires on September 24, 2024).
- One point: Causing a collision with Alex Albon in the 2023 F1 Singapore GP (Expires on September 17, 2024).
- Two points: These were awarded for causing a collision with Lando Norris at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Expires November 26, 2024).
#5 Charles Leclerc
Penalty Points: 0
Charles Leclerc has kept a clean slate over the last 12 months.
#6 Carlos Sainz
Penalty Points: 2
Carlos Sainz received two penalty points for a red-flag restart collision with Fernando Alonso in Australia last season.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2023 F1 Australian GP (Expires on April 2, 2024).
#7 Lando Norris
Penalty Points: 0
Lando Norris has maintained a clean slate over the last 12 months.
#8 Oscar Piastri
Penalty Points: 0
Oscar Piastri had a collision with Esteban Ocon in Austin, but got away without a penalty and has a clean slate for now.
#9 Fernando Alonso
Penalty Points: 0
Fernando Alonso has no penalty points to his name.
#10 Lance Stroll
Penalty Points: 5
Lance Stroll has accumulated five F1 penalty points in the past 12 months.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at the British GP (Expires on July 9, 2024).
- Three points: These were issued for overtaking under yellow flag conditions at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix (Expires on November 17, 2024)
#11 Esteban Ocon
Penalty Points: 0
Esteban Ocon does not have any penalty points to his name at the moment.
#12 Pierre Gasly
Penalty Points: 0
Pierre Gasly has got a completely clean slate as well.
#13 Nyck de Vries
Penalty Points:2
Nyck de Vries picked up two penalty points during the 2023 F1 Austrian GP for causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen.
- Two points: For forcing Kevin Magnussen off track during the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix (Expires on July 2, 2024).
#14 Yuki Tsunoda
Penalty Points: 3
Yuki Tsunoda has three F1 penalty points to his name, all of which expire in the second half of this year.
- Two points: Causing a collision with George Russell during the 2023 F1 Dutch GP (Expires on August 27, 2024).
- One point: This was awarded for forcing Zhou Guanyu off track during the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix (Expires on June 4, 2024).
#15 Logan Sargeant
Penalty Points: 6
Logan Sargeant has six penalty points from three different violations.
- Two points: These were awarded for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas during the 2023 Italian GP (Expires on September 3, 2024).
- Two points: Causing a collision in the 2023 F1 British GP (Expires on September 24, 2024).
- Two points: Overtaking under Yellow Flags 2023 F1 Mexican GP (Expires on September 24, 2024).
#16 Alex Albon
Penalty Points: 0
Alex Albon has no F1 penalty points to his name.
#17 Kevin Magnussen
Penalty Points: 0
Kevin Magnussen has a clean slate as well.
#18 Nico Hulkenberg
Penalty Points: 2
Nico Hulkenberg has two penalty points against his name for causing a collision with Logan Sargeant in Monaco.
- Two points. Causing a collision with Williams’ Logan Sargeant at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix (Expires on May 29, 2024).
#19 Valtteri Bottas
Penalty Points: 2
Valtteri Bottas has two F1 penalty points to his name.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Lance Stroll during the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix (Expires on October 30, 2024).
#20 Guanyu Zhou
Penalty Points: 2
Guanyu Zhou also has two F1 penalty points to his name.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo during the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix (Expires on July 23, 2024).
