F1 penalty points: Sergio Perez edges closer to race ban with Jeddah infringement

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F1 penalty points for each driver.

Each driver needs to ensure they stay under the threshold of 12 penalty points throughout an F1 season.

After a squeaky clean Bahrain Grand Prix, we saw penalty points dished out for the first time this season at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez remains top of the standings on eight, but won’t see any of his penalty points wiped until September, so needs to be careful he does not get five added to his Super Licence until then.

What are penalty points used for in Formula 1?

Formula 1’s penalty points system is in place to keep driver behaviour under control, in the same way as regular road users, with 12 points on their FIA Super Licence over a 12-month period resulting in a one-race ban.

Penalty points are issued for driver transgressions, with the amount varying depending on the severity of the incident and, once a year has passed since that particular offence, their points get wiped, meaning they have to be careful to avoid crossing that fateful 12-point threshold.

Let’s see how the 20 drivers sit as of the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Eight penalty points

Sergio Perez

  • One point: Expires 17th September 2024. This was awarded for causing a collision with Alex Albon during the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire 24th September 2024. These were awarded for overtaking Fernando Alonso under Safety Car conditions at the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire 24th September 2024. These were awarded for causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire 26th November 2024. These were awarded for causing a collision with Lando Norris at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
  • One point: Expires 9th March 2025. This was awarded for an unsafe release in the pit lane during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Six penalty points

Logan Sargeant

  • Two points: Expire 3rd September 2024. These were awarded for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas during the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire 24th September 2024. These were awarded for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas during the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire 28th October 2024. These were awarded for a failure to comply with a yellow flag during qualifying for the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix.

Five penalty points

Lance Stroll

  • Two points: Expire 9th July 2024. Issued for a collision also involving Pierre Gasly during the 2023 British Grand Prix.
  • Three points: Expire 17th November 2024. These were issued for overtaking under yellow flag conditions at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Four penalty points

Lewis Hamilton

  • Two points: Expire 29th July 2024. These were given for causing a collision with Sergio Perez during the sprint at the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire 3rd September 2024. These were given for causing a collision with Oscar Piastri during the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.

George Russell

  • Two points: Expire 28th May 2024. These were handed out for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, causing a collision with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.
  • Two points: Expire 19th November 2024. These were issued for causing a collision with Max Verstappen at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Three points

Kevin Magnussen

  • Three points: Expire 9th March 2025. These were awarded for causing a collision with Alex Albon during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Yuki Tsunoda

  • One point: Expires June 4th 2024. This was awarded for forcing Zhou Guanyu off track during the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.
  • Two points: Expire August 27th 2024. These were awarded for causing a collision with George Russell during the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix.

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Two points

Valtteri Bottas

  • Two points: Expire 29th October 2024. Having had a clean licence all season, Bottas finally sullied his record for 2023 by picking up two penalty points after being found predominantly to blame for a collision between himself and Lance Stroll during the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix.

Zhou Guanyu

  • Two points: Expire 23rd July 2024. These were handed out for causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo during the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Nico Hulkenberg

  • Two points. Expires 29th May 2024. These were handed out at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, for causing a collision with Williams’ Logan Sargeant.

Carlos Sainz

  • Two points: Expire 2nd April 2024. These were handed out for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen

  • Two points: Expire 19th November 2024. These were issued for forcing Charles Leclerc off track during the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Zero points

Alex Albon

Fernando Alonso

Pierre Gasly

Charles Leclerc

Lando Norris

Esteban Ocon

Oscar Piastri

Daniel Ricciardo

Inactive drivers with unexpired F1 penalty points

Nyck de Vries – two points

  • Two points: Expire 2nd July 2024. These were handed out for forcing Kevin Magnussen off track during the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.

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