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

The F1 penalty points system was put in place to keep driving standards high. If a driver reaches 12 penalty points within a 12-month period, a one-race ban follows.

These points are handed out for transgressions on the track. These transgressions could be anything from dangerous driving to speeding through the pitlane.

Since the introduction of the penalty points system, only Kevin Magnussen has been banned after he accrued 12 F1 penalty points.

With the F1 Las Vegas GP in the rearview mirror let's take a look at how each driver stacks up in terms of penalty points.

F1 Penalty points after the Las Vegas GP

#1. Lewis Hamilton

Penalty Points: 0

Hamilton has a clean slate in the last 12 months.

#2. George Russell

Penalty Points: 2

Russell has zero penalty points to his name now.

#3. Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 5

Verstappen has five penalty points, with the latest coming at the Brazilian GP after 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)

#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)

#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: 0

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

#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 (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)

#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)

#11. Esteban Ocon

Penalty Points: 3

Ocon got two 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)

#12. Pierre Gasly

Penalty Points: 0

Gasly doesn't have any penalty points.

#13. Liam Lawson

Penalty Points: 0

Lawson has a clean slate in terms of penalty points.

#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 nose clean as he began life as an F1 driver.

#16. Alex Albon

Penalty Points: 0

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

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

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

F1 Penalty points after the Las Vegas GP

#1. Lewis Hamilton

Penalty Points: 0

#2. George Russell

Penalty Points: 2

#3. Max Verstappen

Penalty Points: 5

#4. Sergio Perez

Penalty Points: 3

#5. Charles Leclerc

Penalty Points: 0

#6. Carlos Sainz

Penalty Points: 1

#7. Lando Norris

Penalty Points: 0

#8. Oscar Piastri

Penalty Points: 0

#9. Fernando Alonso

Penalty Points: 8

#10. Lance Stroll

Penalty Points: 2

#11. Esteban Ocon

Penalty Points: 3

#12. Pierre Gasly

Penalty Points: 0

#13. Liam Lawson

Penalty Points: 0

#14. Yuki Tsunoda

Penalty Points: 0

#15. Franco Colapinto

Penalty Points: 0

#16. Alex Albon

Penalty Points: 0

#17. Kevin Magnussen

Penalty Points: 0

#18. Nico Hulkenberg

Penalty Points: 4

#19. Valtteri Bottas

Penalty Points: 0

#20. Guanyu Zhou

Penalty Points: 0