F1 Penalty points: Drivers and their penalty points before the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP

F1 penalty points are awarded to drivers for their transgressions during a race weekend. These range from causing a collision to dangerously blocking another competitor or driving in an unsafe manner in the pitlane or a plethora of other things.

Based on their severity, each of these transgressions 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 before the 2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP.

F1 Penalty points before the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP

#1 Lewis Hamilton

Penalty Points: 4

Lewis Hamilton has four penalty points to his name, with all of them accumulated this 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).

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#2 George Russell

Penalty Points: 2

George Russell has collected two penalty points for driving in an unsafe manner in Monaco.

• 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).

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#3 Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 0

Max Verstappen has no penalty points to his name.

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#4 Sergio Perez

Penalty Points: 5

Sergio Perez has accumulated five penalty points, having picked up three of them in Suzuka.

• Two points: Not following safety car procedure (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).

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#5 Charles Leclerc

Penalty Points: 0

Charles Leclerc has kept a clean slate over the last 12 months.

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#6 Carlos Sainz

Penalty Points: 2

Carlos Sainz received two penalty points during the red-flag restart collision with Fernando Alonso in Australia this season.

• Two points: Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2023 F1 Australian GP (Expires on April 2, 2024).

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#7 Lando Norris

Penalty Points: 0

Lando Norris has had a clean slate over the last 12 months.

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#8 Oscar Piastri

Penalty Points: 0

Oscar Piastri had a collision with Esteban Ocon in Austin but got away without a penalty.

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#9 Fernando Alonso

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Fernando Alonso has no penalty points to his name.

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#10 Lance Stroll

Penalty Points: 2

Lance Stroll has accumulated two F1 penalty points thus far.

• Two points: Causing a collision at the British GP (Expires on July 9, 2024).

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#11 Esteban Ocon

Penalty Points: 0

Esteban Ocon does not have any penalty points to his name in the last 12 months.

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#12 Pierre Gasly

Penalty Points: 0

Pierre Gasly has got a completely clean slate.

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#13 Nyck de Vries

Penalty Points:2

Nyck de Vries picked up his first 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).

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#14 Yuki Tsunoda

Penalty Points: 3

Yuki Tsunoda has three F1 penalty points to his name.

• 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).

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#15 Logan Sargeant

Penalty Points: 6

Logan Sargeant has six penalty points.

• Two points: These were awarded for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas during the 2023 Italian Grand Prix (Expires on September 3, 2024).
• Two points: Causing a collision in the 2023 F1 British GP.
• Two points: Overtaking under Yellow Flags 2023 F1 Mexican GP.

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#16 Alex Albon

Penalty Points: 0

Alex Albon has no F1 penalty point to his name.

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#17 Kevin Magnussen

Penalty Points: 0

Kevin Magnussen has a clean slate in terms of F1 penalty points.

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#18 Nico Hulkenberg

Penalty Points: 3

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).

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#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).

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#20 Guanyu Zhou

Penalty Points: 2

Guanyu Zhou 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).