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F1 penalty points are awarded to drivers for their transgressions during a race weekend. These could be anything ranging from causing an incident to dangerously blocking another competitor, driving in an unsafe manner in the pitlane, or a plethora of other things.
Each transgression, based on its severity, has different F1 penalty points attached to it. Once a driver accumulates 12 penalty points in 12 months, he faces a one-race suspension. The penalty points will continue to be on the driver's quota for 12 months before they expire.
The race in China kept stewards busy as multiple drivers were dished out F1 penalty points including Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Kevin Magnussen, and Logan Sargeant.
On that note, let's have a look at where each driver stands in terms of F1 penalty points after the 2024 F1 Chinese GP.
F1 Penalty points after the 2024 F1 Chinese 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 has 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: 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, having picked them up in Las Vegas last year.
- Two points: Forcing Charles Leclerc off track during the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix (Expires on November 19, 2024).
#4 Sergio Perez
Penalty Points: 8
Sergio Perez has accumulated eight penalty points, the most on the grid at the moment.
- 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: Causing a collision with Lando Norris at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Expires November 26, 2024).
- One point: Unsafe release in the pit lane during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. (Expires 9th March 2025).
#5 Charles Leclerc
Penalty Points: 0
Charles Leclerc has kept a clean slate over the last 12 months.
#6 Carlos Sainz
Penalty Points: 0
Carlos Sainz doesn't have any penalty points to his name at the moment.
#7 Lando Norris
Penalty Points: 0
Lando Norris also 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 escaped a penalty and has a clean slate for now.
#9 Fernando Alonso
Penalty Points: 6
Fernando Alonso has six penalty points to his name owing to potentially dangerous driving in this year's Australian GP and three added for pushing Carlos Sainz off the track in the F1 Chinese GP sprint.
- Three points: Pushing Carlos Sainz off the track in the F1 Chinese GP Sprint (Expires April 20, 2025).
- Three points: Potentially dangerous driving against George Russell at the Australian GP (Expires on March 25, 2025).
#10 Lance Stroll
Penalty Points: 7
Lance Stroll has accumulated seven F1 penalty points in the past 12 months with two being added for causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo in China.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo at the Chinese GP (Expires on April 21, 2025).
- 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 does not have any penalty points to his name at the moment.
#13 Daniel Ricciardo
Penalty Points: 2
Daniel Ricciardo has two penalty points to his name.
- Two points: Overtaking Nico Hulkenberg under safety car in the 2024 Chinese GP (Expires on April 21, 2025).
#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: Forcing Zhou Guanyu off track during the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix (Expires on June 4, 2024).
#15 Logan Sargeant
Penalty Points: 8
Logan Sargeant now has eight penalty points for four different violations. The latest was overtaking Nico Hulkenberg during the safety car period.
- Two Points: Overtaking under safety car in the 2024 Chinese GP (Expires on April 21, 2025).
- Two points: 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 October 28, 2024).
#16 Alex Albon
Penalty Points: 0
Alex Albon does not have any F1 penalty points to his name at the moment.
#17 Kevin Magnussen
Penalty Points: 5
Kevin Magnussen now has five F1 penalty points to his name, with two more coming his way for the move on Yuki Tsunoda.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda during the 2024 F1 Chinese GP (Expires April 22, 2025).
- Three points: Causing a collision with Alex Albon during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Expires March 9, 2025).
#18 Nico Hulkenberg
Penalty Points: 2
Nico Hulkenberg has two penalty points to his name for causing a collision with Logan Sargeant in Monaco last year.
- 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).
