F1 Penalty Points: Drivers' penalty points before the Abu Dhabi GP
The F1 penalty points system is used to keep the driving standards in the sport in check. With this system, penalty points are given on the basis of the transgressions of the drivers.
Most famously, Kevin Magnussen became the first-ever driver this season to get banned for accruing 12 penalty points, after which drivers face a ban. He was forced to sit out of the 2024 F1 Azerbaijan GP.
Ahead of the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi, where do the drivers stand in terms of their penalty points? Let's take a look.
F1 Penalty points before the Abu Dhabi GP
#1. Lewis Hamilton
Penalty Points: 0
Hamilton has a clean slate in the last 12 months.
#2. George Russell
Penalty Points: 1
Russell has one penalty point to his name now.
- One point: SC infringement in the 2024 F1 Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)
#3. Max Verstappen
Penalty Points: 6
Verstappen has six penalty points, with the latest coming at the Qatar GP.
- One point: Driving unnecessarily in the 2024 F1 Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)
- 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 (expires on October 28, 2025)
- Two points: Causing a collision with Norris at the 2024 F1 Austrian GP (expires on June 30, 2025)
#4. Sergio Perez
Penalty Points: 1
Sergio Perez has one penalty point.
- One point: Unsafe release in the pit lane during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (expires on March 9, 2025)
#5. Charles Leclerc
Penalty Points: 0
Leclerc has maintained a clean slate over the last 12 months.
#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)
#7. Lando Norris
Penalty Points: 3
Norris now has 3 F1 penalty points after Qatar GP.
- Three points: Ignoring yellow flags at the 2024 F1 Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)
#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.
#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 resulted in a 10-second penalty.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu at the F1 Austrian GP (expires on June 30, 2025)
- Three points: Pushing Carlos Sainz off the track at the F1 Chinese GP Sprint (expires on April 20, 2025)
- Three points: "Potentially dangerous driving" against George Russell at the Australian GP (expires on March 24, 2025)
#10. Lance Stroll
Penalty Points: 2
Stroll has accumulated four F1 penalty points in the past 12 months.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Alex Albon at the Qatar GP (expires on December 2, 2025)
- Two points: Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo at the Chinese GP (expires on April 21, 2025)
#11. Esteban Ocon
Penalty Points: 3
Ocon got three 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)
- One point: Unsafe release during the Miami GP (expires on May 4, 2025)
#12. Pierre Gasly
Penalty Points: 0
Gasly doesn't have any penalty points.
#13. Liam Lawson
Penalty Points: 0
Lawson has two penalty points for causing a collision in the F1 Qatar GP.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas at the Qatar GP (expires on December 2, 2025)
#14. Yuki Tsunoda
Penalty Points: 0
Tsunoda has a clean slate after the race in Sao Paulo.
#15. Franco Colapinto
Penalty Points: 0
Colapinto has kept his slate clean as he began life as an F1 driver.
#16. Alex Albon
Penalty Points: 2
Albon has two penalty points after the race in Qatar.
- Two points: Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the Qatar GP (expires on December 2, 2025)
#17. Kevin Magnussen
Penalty Points: 0
Magnussen has a clean slate after serving his one-race ban.
#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 (expires on September 1, 2025)
- Two points: Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2024 Austrian GP Sprint (expires on June 29, 2025)
#19. Valtteri Bottas
Penalty Points: 0
Bottas has a clean slate in terms of F1 penalty points.
#20. Guanyu Zhou
Penalty Points: 0
Guanyu Zhou has a clean slate for now.