F1 penalty points: Is Lewis Hamilton the cleanest driver on the grid?
Since 2014, F1🐼 stewards have awarded penalty points alongside standard pena♎lties that accrue on a driver’s super licence.
Should a driver obtain 12 penalty points𒐪 over a 12-month period, they will be handed a race ban.
Here’s a full rundo🌟wn of how many points each F1 driver has heading into Brazil next weekend.
Zero points
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz
Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz have zero penalty points to theirꦐ name.
One point
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas’ single penalty po✃int expires later this month (November 21). He got this for ♔failing to slow down under yellow flags at Qatar.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris
💫Lando Norris’ solitary penalty point expires on July 10, 2023 after he was penalised for track limits at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc received one penalty point for leaving🐓 the track when gaining an advantage at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. This will expire on October 9, 2023.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher’s expires on October 23, 2023,🧸 after picking up a penalty point for exceeding track limi𒈔ts.
Two points
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez
The Mexican got two penalty points for falling too far behind the Safety Car in Singapore (൲this will expire on October🍸 2, 2023).
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel
The retiring four-time champion has two points to his name, but as he’s retiring at the end of the year, he doesn’💟t need to worry about them.
Three points
Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen received tw💃o points for causing a collision 🥃with Lance Stroll in Miami (expires May 8, 2023). He picked up another point at Monza for overtaking off the track.
Four points
Fernando Alonso
Alonso got two penalty points for colliding with Gasl🐼y in Miami, one point for corner cutting and gaining an advantage, also in Miami, and one point for weaving when defending from Bottas in Canada.
George Russell
George Russell’s four penalty points came from collisions with Perez🧜 in Austria (will expire July 10, 2023) and Sainz iꩵn Austin (will expire October 23, 2023).
Zhou Guanyu
Zhou picked up one in Jeddah for going off the track and gaining an advantage. His second came in Austria for exceeding track limits in the race. He picked up two more for colliding with Schumacher in Fran꧒ce.
Five points
Max Verstappen
All of Verstapp𒅌en’s expire by the turn of the year. He receive🅠d two for ignoring double-waved yellow flags in Qatar last year, before picking up a further three in Saudi Arabia for two incidents with Hamilton.
Esteban Ocon
All of Ocon’s penalty point🉐s have been collision related. Two for colliding with Schumacher in Bahrain. A fur🅺ther penalty point for an incident with Hamilton in Monaco. Finally, two more for contact with Tsunoda (France).
Nicholas Latifi
Nicholas Latifi’s first penalty point expires in June - this was handedꦏ out after he i♑gnored blue flags in Baku. He received two for colliding with Zhou in Singapore, and a further two for an incident with Schumacher.
Lance Stroll
Lance Stroll received three points on his licenc༒e for incidents in Australia. He received two more for his late defensive manoeuvre 🅰against Alonso in Austin.
Six points
Daniel Ricciardo
The McLaren driver got one penalty point for impeding Ocon in Bahrain earlier this year. The second came in Miami for ‘gaining🦄 a lasting advantage’.
The remaining four came in Hungary (collision with Stroll) and Mexico (contact with♌ꦇ Yuki Tsunoda)
Seven points
Alex Albon
Two for causing a collision with Stroll in Jeddah; 🐬one for exceeding track limits in Barcelona; One in Monaco and then two for forcing Lando Norris off at the Red Bull Ring.
He picked up anot💞her penalty point in Austin for going off the 🐻track and keeping the position.
Eight points
Yuki Tsunoda
Two of Tsunoda’s points will expire in Nov🐼ember after colliding with Stroll at th💯e 2021 Brazilian GP.
He also got two po💛ints for colliding with Vettel in Jeddah, while in 2022, he picked up another two for spinning teammate Gasly at Silverstone.
His final two came at Monza for now slowing down sufficiently for yellow ꧋flags.
Ten points
Pierre Gasly
Gasly is just two points away 🌊from receiving a race ban.
Collisions with Stroll and Vettel in Spain 🔜and Austria respectively resulted in four pen𒊎alty points.
One p👍oint in Austria for “leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times”.
In recent🃏 races, he picked up two in Japan for speeding under red flag conditions, while at COTA, he fell more than 10 car lengths behind the Safety Car.
Finally, in Mexico, he went off track while overtaking Stroll, resulting in 🧸another penalty✨ point.
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