F1 penalty points: Is Lewis Hamilton the cleanest driver on the grid?

Since 2014, F1 stewards have awarded penalty points alongside sta🌱ndard penalties that accrue on a driver’s super licence.
Should 💯a driver obtain 12 penalty points over a 12-month period, they will be handed a race ban.
Here’s a full rundown of how many points each F1 driver has headin🃏g into Brazil neಌxt weekend.
Zero points
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz
Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainꦓz have zero pena๊lty points to their name.

One point
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas’ single penalty poin⛦t expires later this month (November 21). He got this for failing to slow down unde🔴r yellow flags at Qatar.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris
Lando Norris๊’ solitary penalty point expires on July 10, 2023 after he was penalised for track limits at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc received one penalty point for leaving the track when gaining an advantage at the 2022 Japanese Graꦺnd Prix.🐈 This will expire on October 9, 2023.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher’s expire🀅s on October 23, 2023, after picking up a penalty point for exceeding🉐 track limits.
Two points
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez
The Mexican got two penalty points for falling too far behind♍ the Safety Car in Singapore (this will expire on Octoberꦫ 2, 2023).
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel
The retiring four-t🙈ime champion has two points to his name, but as he’s retiring at the end of the year, he doesn’t need to worry aboꦬut them.

Three points
Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen received two 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 Gasly 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 p🧔oints ca♒me from collisions with Perez in Austria (will expire July 10, 2023) and Sainz in 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 France.

Five points
Max Verstappen
All of Verstappen’s expire by the turn of the year. He received two for ignorinꩲg 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 points have been collision related. Two for colliding with Schum🐈acher in Bahra💫in. A further 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 hande♏d out after he ignored 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 licence for in🍬cidentꦐs 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 impedin🌌g Ocon in Bahrain earlier this year. The second came in ඣMiami for ‘gaining a lasting advantage’.
The remaining four came in Hungary (collision with Strollꦡ) and Mexico (contact with 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 Ri🦩ng.
He pi🦩cked up another penalty point in Austin for ꦿgoing off the track and keeping the position.

Eight points
Yuki Tsunoda
Two of Tsu🎐noda’s points will expire in November after colliding with Stroll at the 2021 Brazilian GP.
He also got two points for colliding with Vettel in Jeddah, while in 2022, he picked up another two for spinni𝓡ng teammate Gasly at Silverstone.
His fi𓄧nal two came𒀰 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 Sꦅpain and Austria respectively resulted🌺 in four penalty points.
One point in Austria for “leavin🎐g 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 ofꦬf track while overtaking Stroll, resulting in another penalty point.


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