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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 of these transgressions, based on their severity, has different F1 penalty points attached to them. 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.
On that note, let's take a look at where each driver stands in terms of F1 penalty points ahead of the 2024 F1 Chinese GP.
F1 Penalty points before 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 does not have any penalty points to his name at the moment.
#7 Lando Norris
Penalty Points: 0
Lando Norris too 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: 3
Fernando Alonso has three penalty points to his name owing to potentially dangerous driving in this year's Australian GP.
- Three points: Potentially dangerous driving against George Russell at the Australian GP (Expires on March 25, 2025)
#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 does not have any penalty points to his name at the moment.
#13 Daniel Ricciardo
Penalty Points: 0
Daniel Ricciardo's penalty points too are nil at the moment.
#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: 6
Logan Sargeant has six penalty points from three different violations.
- 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: 3
Kevin Magnussen was given three F1 penalty points for a collision in Jeddah earlier this month.
- 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).
