F1 Penalty Points: Antonelli slapped with Italian GP punishment as star at risk of race ban

Kimi Antonelli was handed extra punishment on top of his five-second penalty at the Italian Grand Prix for driving erratically.

The 19-year-old Mercedes rookie was penalised after pushing Williams' Alex Albon out onto the grass as the pair were fighting for position, and that penalty meant he could only finish ninth in the race.

On top of the time penalty, Mercedes star Antonelli was also hit with a penalty point for the incident, taking his total for the 12-month period up to five. 12 points over the 12-month period is the threshold for drivers being slapped with a one-race ban from the sport.

That means that one of Antonelli's fellow rookies is under serious threat of being handed a suspension over the next few races. Ollie Bearman is now up to 10 penalty points on his super licence after a collision with Carlos Sainz that saw him slapped with two extra points at Monza.

The first of Bearman's points do not expire until November 2, meaning the Brit has to piece together another four clean race weekends and make it to the 2025 Brazilian GP without picking up anymore.

If he fails to do that and reaches the 12-point limit, Bearman will become the second driver since the rules were brought in back in 2014 to face a suspension from the sport.

The only other driver that has faced that fate was Kevin Magnussen at the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which as it happened handed Bearman his race debut for Haas and the second grand prix start of his career.

The third and final driver to pick up a penalty amid the Monza madness was Esteban Ocon, who also drives for Haas and has now joined the list of penalty points holders in F1.

Ocon was hit with a five-second time penalty for not forcing Lance Stroll off the track in Italy and also picked up a penalty point.

F1 Driver Penalty Points

Every F1 driver's penalty points and when they expire

Red Bull

Max Verstappen - Nine 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 - Six points

Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso - Zero points

Lance Stroll - Three points

Haas

Esteban Ocon - One point

Ollie Bearman - 10 points

Racing Bulls

Liam Lawson - Six points

Isack Hadjar - Zero points

Williams

Carlos Sainz - Two points

Alex Albon - Two points

Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg - Zero points

Gabriel Bortoleto - Zero points

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