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F1 Penalty Points: Drivers' penalty points after the Abu Dhabi GP

The F1 penalty points system was introduced to keep the driving standards above a threshold. As part of this system, drivers are penalized for the transgressions they make on the track. These transgressions could include causing a collision, dangerous driving, etc.

The number of points for a transgression depends on its severity. These points stay with the driver for a period of 12 months before expiry. If a driver ends up accruing more than 12 F1 penalty points over a 12-month period, they are banned for one race.

So far, only one driver has ever crossed the 12 F1 penalty points threshold. It happened this season when Kevin Magnussen became the first scalp and had to sit out of the race in Baku. As the season comes to an end at Abu Dhabi, where do the drivers stand in terms of penalty points? Let's take a look.

F1 Penalty points after 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 at the 2024 F1 Qatar GP (expires on December 1, 2025)

#3. Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 8

Verstappen has eight penalty points now with the driver accruing two more for his collision with Oscar Piastri.

  • 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)
  • Two points: Causing a collision with Oscar Piastri at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expires on December 12, 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 to his name.

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

#8. Oscar Piastri

Penalty Points: 2

Oscar Piastri picked up 2 penalty points at the Abu Dhabi GP for contact with Franco Colapinto.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Franco Colapinto at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expires on December 12, 2025)

#9. Fernando Alonso

Penalty Points: 8

Alonso has collected eight F1 penalty points, including two for his divebomb on Zhou Guanyu 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 has gotten 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 at 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 going into the off-season.

#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 to his name.

  • 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 since 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: 5

Bottas accrued a massive five F1 penalty points at Abu Dhabi.

  • Two points: Causing a collision with Sergio Perez at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expires on December 12, 2025)
  • Three points: Causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (expires on December 12, 2025)

#20. Guanyu Zhou

Penalty Points: 0

Guanyu Zhou has a clean slate for now.

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