F1 Penalty Points: Drivers' penalty points before the Las Vegas GP

The F1 penalty points system came into place to uphold the driving standards of the grid. As part of the system, every driver transgression leads to penalty points depending on the severity of it. If the drivers reach 12 penalty points within a 12-month period, they face a race ban.

Thus far, Kevin Magnussen has become the first and the only driver to get banned due to this system. He had accumulated 12 points within a year and had to sit out of the race in Baku. With the circus heading to the F1 Las Vegas GP, let's take a look at how each driver stacks up in terms of penalty points.

F1 Penalty points before the Las Vegas GP

#1. Lewis Hamilton

Penalty Points: 0

Hamilton has a clean slate in the last 12 months.

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#2. George Russell

Penalty Points: 2

Russell has two penalty points, which he picked up at Las Vegas in 2023.

• Two points: For causing a collision with Max Verstappen at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix (expire on November 19, 2024)

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#3. Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 5

Verstappen has five penalty points, with the latest coming at the Brazilian GP due to his incident with Lando Norris.

• One point: VSC infringement in the 2024 F1 Brazilian GP Sprint (expires on November 2, 2025)
• Two points: Forcing Lando Norris off track during the 2024 F1 Mexican GP (expire on October 28, 2025)
• Two points: Causing a collision with Norris at the 2024 F1 Austrian GP (expire on June 30, 2025)

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#4. Sergio Perez

Penalty Points: 3

Sergio Perez has accumulated three penalty points.

• Two points: Causing a collision with Lando Norris at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expire on November 26, 2024)
• One point: Unsafe release in the pit lane during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (expires on March 9, 2025)

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#5. Charles Leclerc

Penalty Points: 0

Leclerc has maintained a clean slate over the last 12 months.

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#6. Carlos Sainz

Penalty Points: 1

Sainz has one penalty point for the contact he made while racing Oscar Piastri in the Miami GP.

• One point: Causing a collision with Oscar Piastri at the 2024 F1 Miami GP (expires on May 5, 2025)

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#7. Lando Norris

Penalty Points: 0

Norris has kept a clean slate over the last 12 months.

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#8. Oscar Piastri

Penalty Points: 0

Oscar Piastri was involved in a collision with Esteban Ocon in Austin last season but was not penalized and has a clean slate.

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#9. Fernando Alonso

Penalty Points: 8

Alonso has collected eight F1 penalty points, including two for his divebomb on Guanyu Zhou at the 2024 Austrian GP, which also brought a 10-second penalty.

• Two points: Causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu at the F1 Austrian GP (expire on June 30, 2025)
• Three points: Pushing Carlos Sainz off the track at the F1 Chinese GP Sprint (expire on April 20, 2025)
• Three points: "Potentially dangerous driving" against George Russell at the Australian GP (expire on March 24, 2025)

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#10. Lance Stroll

Penalty Points: 2

Stroll has accumulated two F1 penalty points in the past 12 months, with two of them coming for causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo in China.

• Two points: Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo at the Chinese GP (expire on April 21, 2025)

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#11. Esteban Ocon

Penalty Points: 3

Ocon got three F1 penalty points for his collision with his teammate Pierre Gasly.

• Two points: Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at the Monaco GP (expire on May 27, 2025)
• One point: Unsafe release during the Miami GP (expires on May 4, 2025)

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#12. Pierre Gasly

Penalty Points: 0

Gasly doesn't have any penalty points.

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#13. Liam Lawson

Penalty Points: 0

Lawson has a clean slate in terms of penalty points.

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#14. Yuki Tsunoda

Penalty Points: 0

Tsunoda has a clean slate after the race in Sao Paulo.

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#15. Franco Colapinto

Penalty Points: 0

Colapinto has kept his nose clean as he began life as an F1 driver.

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#16. Alex Albon

Penalty Points: 0

Albon doesn't have any F1 penalty points at the moment.

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#17. Kevin Magnussen

Penalty Points: 0

Magnussen has a clean slate after serving his one-race ban.

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#18. Nico Hulkenberg

Penalty Points: 4

Hulkenberg has four F1 penalty points.

• Two points: Causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix (expire on September 1, 2025)
• Two points: Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2024 Austrian GP Sprint (expires on June 29, 2025)

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#19. Valtteri Bottas

Penalty Points: 0

Bottas has a clean slate in terms of F1 penalty points.

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#20. Guanyu Zhou

Penalty Points: 0

Guanyu Zhou has a clean slate for now.