F1 2025 Penalty Points: Max Verstappen facing race BAN as F1 legend nears limit

Penalty points are an important metric in modern-day Formula 1, and it was a busy weekend for the FIA and the stewards at the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix.

Post-race, three drivers were disqualified from the race, with the cars of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, and Pierre Gasly all failing post-race checks for differing reasons. However, crucially, none of the affected drivers will pick up any penalty points on their superlicenses for the disqualifications.

That doesn't mean that none were handed out throughout the weekend, though. By the conclusion of Sunday's race, Jack Doohan had leaped from no points on Friday night to four, for example.

His current rate of four penalty points in three F1 weekends would put him on course to be suspended for the Spanish Grand Prix at the start of June - although he's unlikely to keep racking up points so fast.

Elsewhere, both Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso are getting dangerously close to the penalty points limit and an automatic one-race ban. Both stars sit on eight points at this stage, meaning four more and they will be punished.

F1 Driver Penalty Points

Every F1 driver's penalty points and when they expire

Red Bull

Max Verstappen - Eight points

Liam Lawson - Two points

Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton - Zero points

Charles Leclerc - Zero points

Mercedes

George Russell - One point

Kimi Antonelli - Zero points

Alpine

Pierre Gasly - Zero points

Jack Doohan - Four points

McLaren

Lando Norris - Three points

Oscar Piastri - Four points

Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso - Eight points

Lance Stroll - Four points

Haas

Esteban Ocon - Three points

Ollie Bearman - Two points

Racing Bulls

Yuki Tsunoda - Zero points

Isack Hadjar - Zero points

Williams

Carlos Sainz - One point

Alex Albon - Two points

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