F1 penalty points: Lewis Hamilton dirties clean licence with Spa collision
Lewis Hamilton dirtied his previously clean super licence with two F1 penalty points given to him after his collision with Sergio Perez at the Belgian Grand Prix.
The two drivers ran side-by-side through Curve Paul Frere and touched, with a chunk of the Red Bull driver’s sidepod going flying and Perez eventually being forced to retire from the sprint as a result.
While some felt the contact between the two to be a racing incident, Hamilton was given a five-second penalty and two penalty points for his troubles, with the Mercedes driver dropping from fourth to seventh as a result of his punishment.
用于在点球点形式是什么ula 1?
Formula 1’s penalty points system is in place to keep driver behaviour under control, in the same way as regular road users, with 12 points on their FIA super licence over a 12-month period resulting in a one-race ban.
点球点为司机的罪过s, with the amount varying depending on the severity of the incident and, once a year has passed since that particular offence, their points get wiped, meaning they have to be careful to avoid crossing that fateful 12-point threshold.
Several drivers continue their angelic run with completely clean licences. These include Valtteri Bottas, as well as two of the three rookie drivers in Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri.
After his return to the cockpit in Hungary, Daniel Ricciardo brought six unexpired penalty points with him, putting him right near the top of the standings, but two quickly expired in Spa.
Let’s see how the 20 drivers sit as of the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.
Seven penalty points
Lance Stroll
- Two points: Expire 9th July 2024. Issued for a collision also involving Pierre Gasly during the 2023 British Grand Prix.
- Two points: Expire 23rd October 2023. These were handed out for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
- Three points: Expire 12th November 2023. These were handed out for a dangerous manoeuvre on Sebastian Vettel during the sprint at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Five penalty points
Pierre Gasly
- Two points: Expire 9th October 2023. These points were handed out for speeding under red flag conditions at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix
- Two points: Expire 23rd October 2023. These points were handed out for falling more than 10 car lengths behind the car in front during the Safety Car period at the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
- One point: Expires 30th October 2023. This point was given for forcing Lance Stroll off track and gaining an advantage at the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix.
Four penalty points
George Russell
- Two points: Expire 23rd October 2023. These were handed out for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz during the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
- Two points: Expire 28th May 2024. These were handed out for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, causing a collision with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.
Daniel Ricciardo
- Two points: Expire 30th October 2023. These were given for causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda during the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix.
- Two points: Expire 13th November 2023. These were given for causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen during the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Three points
Yuki Tsunoda
- Two points: Expire September 9th 2023. These were handed out for failing to slow for yellow flags during FP2 for the Italian Grand Prix.
- One point: Expire June 4th 2024. This was awarded for forcing Zhou Guanyu off track during the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.
Two points
Zhou Guanyu
- Two points: Expire 23rd July 2024. These were handed out for causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo during the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lando Norris
- Two points: Expire 13th November 2023. These were handed out for causing a collision with Charles Leclerc during the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso
- Two points: Expires 12th November 2023. These were given for causing a collision with Esteban Ocon during the sprint at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton
- Two points: Expires 29th July 2024. These were given for causing a collision with Sergio Perez during the sprint at the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.
Nico Hulkenberg
- Two points. Expire 29th May 2024. These were handed out at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, for causing a collision with Williams’ Logan Sargeant.
Sergio Perez
- Two points: Expire 2nd October 2023. Issued after the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix for failing to stay within 10 car lengths of the Safety Car.
Carlos Sainz
- Two points: Expire 2nd April 2024. These were handed out for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen
- Two points: Expire 13th November 2023. These were handed out for causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton during the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix.
One point
Alex Albon
- One point: Expires 23rd October 2023. This was handed out for going off track and holding onto position during the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
Kevin Magnussen
- One point: Expires 11th September 2023. This was handed out for overtaking by leaving the track during the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc
- One point: Expires 9th October 2023. This point was added to Leclerc’s licence for leaving the track and gaining an advantage during the closing stages of the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix.
Zero points
Valtteri Bottas
Esteban Ocon
Oscar Piastri
Logan Sargeant
Inactive drivers with unexpired F1 penalty points
Nicholas Latifi – four points
- Two points: Expire 2nd October 2023. These penalty points were issued for causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu during the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix.
- Two points: Expire 23rd October 2023. These were handed out for colliding with Mick Schumacher and pushing him off track at the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
Mick Schumacher – three points
- One point: Expires 23rd October 2023. This was handed out for exceeding track limits on four occasions during the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
- Two points: Expires 20th November 2023. These points were given to Mick Schumacher for causing a collision with Nicholas Latifi at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Nyck de Vries – two points
- Two points: Expire 2nd July 2024. These were handed out for forcing Kevin Magnussen off track during the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel – one point
- One point: Expires 3rd September 2023. This was handed out for ignoring blue flags at the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix.
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