F1 Penalty points: Drivers and their penalty points after the 2023 Japanese GP

F1 penalty points are awarded to drivers on the basis of their transgressions during a race weekend. These could be anything from causing a collision, dangerously blocking another competitor, pushing a driver off the track, or driving in an unsafe manner in the pitlane or on the track.

Each of these transgressions has different F1 penalty points attached to them. Once a driver accumulates 12 penalty points in a year, he faces a suspension for one race.

The penalty points will continue to be on the driver's quota for 12 months before they expire. Most notably Pierre Gasly was one such driver who was dangerously close to getting 12 points in a 12-month period.

On that note, let's take a look at where each driver stands in terms of F1 penalty points after the 2023 Japanese GP.

F1 Penalty points after the 2023 Japanese GP

#1 Lewis Hamilton

Penalty Points: 4

Lewis Hamilton has four penalty points to his name for his incidents with Oscar Piastri and Sergio Perez this year.

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 four F1 penalty points to his name with two picked up last season in the US GP and the other two picked up in Monaco this season.

Two points: Causing a collision with Carlos Sainz during the 2022 F1 US GP (Expires on October 23, 2023).
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).

#3 Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 2

Max Verstappen has two penalty points picked up for his collision with Lewis Hamilton in Brazil last season.

Two points: Causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton during the 2022 Brazilian GP (Expires on November 13, 2023).

#4 Sergio Perez

Penalty Points: 3

Sergio Perez picked up as many as four penalty points this weekend. Two were picked up for causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen while the other two were picked up for not following the safety car procedures. He now has seven penalty points to his name.

Two points: Not following safety car procedure(Expires on September 24, 2023)
Two points: Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen(Expires on September 24, 2023)
One point: Causing a collision with Alex Albon in the 2023 F1 Singapore GP(Expires on September 17, 2023).
Two points: Failing to stay within 10 car lengths of the Safety Car (Expires on October 2, 2023).

#5 Charles Leclerc

Penalty Points: 1

Charles Leclerc picked up one penalty point last season at the 2022 F1 Japanese GP.

One point: Leaving the track and gaining an advantage in the 2022 F1 Japanese GP (Expires on October 9, 2023).

#6 Carlos Sainz

Penalty Points: 2

Carlos Sainz has two F1 penalty points picked up 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).

#7 Lando Norris

Penalty Points: 2

Lando Norris has two F1 penalty points in the last 12 months for his collision in Brazil with Charles Leclerc.

Two points: Causing a collision with Charles Leclerc during the 2022 F1 Sao Paulo GP (Expires on November 13, 2023).

#8 Oscar Piastri

Penalty Points: 0

Oscar Piastri has kept a clean slate so far in his first F1 season.

#9 Fernando Alonso

Penalty Points: 2

Fernando Alonso has two penalty points.

Two points: Causing a collision with Esteban Ocon during the sprint at the 2022 Sao Paulo GP (Expires on November 12, 2023).

#10 Lance Stroll

Penalty Points: 5

Lance Stroll has five F1 penalty points.

Two points: Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2022 F1 US GP (Expires on October 23, 2023).
Three points: Dangerous maneuver on Sebastian Vettel during the sprint at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix (Expires on November 12, 2023).

#11 Esteban Ocon

Penalty Points: 0

Esteban Ocon does not have any penalty points to his name.

#12 Pierre Gasly

Penalty Points: 5

Pierre Gasly has picked up five F1 penalty points, all of which came during the 2022 season.

Two points: Speeding under red flag conditions at the 2022 Japanese GP (Expires on October 9, 2023).
Two points: Falling more than 10 car lengths behind the car in front during the Safety Car period at the 2022 US GP (Expires on October 23, 2023).
One point: Forcing Lance Stroll off track and gaining an advantage at the 2022 Mexican GP (Expires on October 30, 2023).

#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).

#14 Yuki Tsunoda

Penalty Points: 2

Yuki Tsunoda has two F1 penalty points to his name, though two of those expire early next month.

Two points: Causing a collision with George Russell during the 2023 F1 Dutch GP (Expires on August 27, 2024)

#15 Logan Sargeant

Penalty Points: 2

Logan Sargeant has two penalty points.

Two points: Expire 3rd September 2024. These were awarded for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas during the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.

#16 Alex Albon

Penalty Points: 1

Alex Albon has one F1 penalty point over the last 12 months.

One point: This was handed out for going off track and holding onto position during the 2022 US GP (Expires on October 23, 2023).

#17 Kevin Magnussen

Penalty Points: 0

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

#18 Nico Hulkenberg

Penalty Points: 2

Nico Hulkenberg has two penalty points against his name at the moment.

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: 0

Valtteri Bottas has maintained a clean slate in the last 12 months.

#20 Guanyu Zhou

Penalty Points: 2

Guanyu Zhou has no F1 penalty points to his name.

Edited by Samya Majumdar