F1 Penalty Points 2025: Title rivals see points drop off licence

Both Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will be relieved to see some penalty points drop off their superlicence following the Mexican Grand Prix weekend.

Four-time champion Verstappen has been teetering on the edge of a race ban for much of the 2025 season, but he is now almost certainly going to be able to race the four remaining weekends of the season.

12 points over a 12-month period are enough to see F1 stars slapped with a one-race ban from the sport, as we saw with Kevin Magnussen last season when he was driving for Haas.

Verstappen was on 11 at one stage this year following the Spanish Grand Prix, and has been on nine for most of the season.

However, in what will be a huge relief to him, he is now back down to just six points, with his championship fight against the two McLarens highly unlikely to be affected by a race suspension now.

Piastri, meanwhile, may have lost his championship lead at the Mexican GP, but he has also lost two penalty points from his FIA superlicence with them due to expire before the next race weekend in Brazil, taking him down to just four penalty points.

Oliver Bearman, who secured a career-best fourth in Mexico City, remains the closest to a one-race ban, although two of his are also expiring before next month's Brazilian GP, meaning he is now on eight, rather than 10.

F1 Driver Penalty Points

Every F1 driver's penalty points and when they expire

Red Bull

Max Verstappen - Six points

Yuki Tsunoda - Four points

Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton - Two points

Charles Leclerc - One point

Mercedes

George Russell - One point

Kimi Antonelli - Five points

Alpine

Pierre Gasly - Two points

Franco Colapinto - One point

Jack Doohan - Four points

McLaren

Lando Norris - Three points

Oscar Piastri - Four points

Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso - Zero points

Lance Stroll - Five points

Haas

Esteban Ocon - One point

Ollie Bearman - Eight points

Racing Bulls

Liam Lawson - Six points

Isack Hadjar - Zero points

Williams

Carlos Sainz - Four points

Alex Albon - Four points

Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg - Zero points

Gabriel Bortoleto - Zero points

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