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F1 Penalty Points: Drivers' penalty points after the 2025 Miami GP

The F1 penalty points system has been put in place to keep the driving standards under a threshold. In different motorsports across the world, there is no definitive and standardised method that is used to keep delinquency under check.

For a long time, even F1 didn't have a standard process. The early 2010s triggered a change, and it was due to the influx of a generation of drivers that were quite crash-prone.

In 2012, this had even led to Romain Grosjean getting banned from a race. It was around this time that the FIA put together a more concrete structure through which a driver who commits on-track transgressions would be handed penalty points.

As part of the system, Kevin Magnussen became the first driver to be banned for a race. With that being said, as we move on from the Miami GP, how does the field stack up in terms of penalty points? Let's take a look.

F1 Penalty points after Miami GP

#1 Lando Norris

Penalty Points: 3

Lando Norris now has three F1 penalty points to his name.

  • Three points: Ignoring yellow flags at the 2024 F1 Qatar GP (expiring on December 1, 2025)

#2 Oscar Piastri

Penalty Points: 4

McLaren's Oscar Piastri picked up two F1 penalty points at the Abu Dhabi GP for contact with Franco Colapinto, taking his total to four.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Franco Colapinto at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expires on December 8, 2025)
  • Two points: Causing a collision with Liam Lawson at the 2024 Brazilian GP (expires on November 2, 2025)

#3 Charles Leclerc

Penalty Points: 0

Ferrari's Leclerc has managed to maintain a clean slate over the last 12 months.


#4 Lewis Hamilton

Penalty Points: 0

Leclerc's new Ferrari teammate, Lewis Hamilton, has also maintained a clean slate over the previous 12 months.


#5 Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 8

Max Verstappen has eight penalty points now, with the reigning world champion accruing two more for his collision with Oscar Piastri at last season's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

  • One point: Driving unnecessarily slowly in the 2024 F1 Qatar GP Qualifying (expires on December 1, 2025)
  • One point: VSC infringement in the 2024 F1 Brazilian GP Sprint (expires on November 1, 2025)
  • Two points: Forcing Lando Norris off track during the 2024 F1 Mexican GP (expires on October 27, 2025)
  • Two points: Causing a collision with Norris at the 2024 F1 Austrian GP (expires on June 30, 2025)
  • Two points: Causing a collision with Oscar Piastri at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expires on December 8, 2025)

#6 Liam Lawson

Penalty Points: 5

Lawson now has 5 penalty points after an action-packed F1 Bahrain GP.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas at the Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)
  • Two points: Causing a collision in the Bahrain GP (expires on April 14, 2026)
  • One point: Causing a collision in the Bahrain GP (expires on April 14, 2026)

#7 George Russell

Penalty Points: 1

Mercedes driver Russell has one penalty point to his name.

  • One point: SC infringement at the 2024 F1 Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)

#8 Kimi Antonelli

Penalty Points: 0

Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli has a clean slate for now.


#9 Fernando Alonso

Penalty Points: 2

Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso has now just two F1 penalty points next to his name as the other three expired before the race.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu at the F1 Austrian GP (expires on June 30, 2025)

#10 Lance Stroll

Penalty Points: 2

Stroll has accumulated two F1 penalty points over the past 12 months.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Alex Albon at the Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)

#11 Pierre Gasly

Penalty Points: 0

Gasly doesn't have any F1 penalty points yet.


#12 Jack Doohan

Penalty Points: 4

Jack Doohan was on the naughty step a number of times during the Chinese GP. The driver accrued 4 F1 penalty points during the race weekend.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Gabriel Bortoleto at the Chinese GP Sprint (expires on March 22, 2026)
  • Two points: Pushing Isack Hadjar off the track at the Chinese GP (expires on March 23, 2026)

#13 Esteban Ocon

Penalty Points: 2

Ocon now has two F1 penalty points in the last 12 months.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at the Monaco GP (expires on May 27, 2025)

#14 Ollie Bearman

Penalty Points: 2

Bearman has two penalty points to his name going into the fifth race of the season.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Franco Colapinto at the 2024 Brazilian GP (expires on November 2, 2025).

#15 Yuki Tsunoda

Penalty Points: 0

Tsunoda has a clean slate going into his second race with Red Bull.


#16 Isack Hadjar

Penalty Points: 0

Hadjar has a clean slate for now.


#17 Carlos Sainz

Penalty Points: 2

Former Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz now has two F1 penalty points to his name.

  • Two points: Causing a collision in the Bahrain GP (expires on April 14, 2026)

#18 Alex Albon

Penalty Points: 2

Albon has two F1 penalty points to his name.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)

#19 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 (expires on September 1, 2025)
  • Two points: Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2024 Austrian GP Sprint (expires on June 29, 2025)

#20 Gabriel Bortoleto

Penalty Points: 0

Bortoleto has a clean slate at the moment.

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