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

F1 2025

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

All the details on Formula 1 penalties in 2025

Originally written by Chris Deeley. This version is a translation.

Monday 24 March 2025 03:00

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.

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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

Driver	Team	Penalty Points
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8
Jack Doohan	Alpine	4
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	4
Lando Norris	McLaren	3
Esteban Ocon	Haas	3
Liam Lawson	Red Bull	2
Ollie Bearman	Haas	2
Alex Albon	Williams	2
George Russell	Mercedes	1
Carlos Sainz	Williams	1
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	0
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	0
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	0
Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	0
Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	0

Every F1 driver's penalty points and when they expire

Red Bull

Max Verstappen - Eight points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
June 30, 2024	Austrian Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Lando Norris	2	June 30, 2025
October 27, 2024	Mexico City Grand Prix	Forcing Lando Norris off track	2	October 27, 2025
November 1, 2024	Brazilian Grand Prix Sprint	Being under the minimum VSC delta time	1	November 1, 2025
December 1, 2024	Qatar Grand Prix	Driving unnecessarily slowly on a cooldown lap during qualifying	1	December 1, 2025
December 8, 2024	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Oscar Piastri	2	December 8, 2025

Liam Lawson - Two points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
December 1, 2024	Qatar Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas	2	December 1, 2025

Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton - Zero points

Charles Leclerc - Zero points

Mercedes

George Russell - One point

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
December 1, 2024	Qatar Grand Prix	Failing to maintain a 10 car-length distance behind the Safety Car	1	December 1, 2025

Kimi Antonelli - Zero points

Alpine

Pierre Gasly - Zero points

Jack Doohan - Four points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
March 22, 2025	Chinese Grand Prix Sprint	Causing a collision with Gabriel Bortoleto	2	March 22, 2026
March 23, 2025	Chinese Grand Prix	Forcing Isack Hadjar off the track	2	March 23, 2026

McLaren

Lando Norris - Three points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
December 1, 2024	Qatar Grand Prix	Failing to slow for double yellow flags	3	December 1, 2025

Oscar Piastri - Four points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
November 2, 2024	Brazilian Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Liam Lawson	2	November 2, 2025
December 8, 2024	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Franco Colapinto	2	December 8, 2025

Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso - Eight points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
March 24, 2024	Australian Grand Prix	Dangerous driving	3	March 24, 2025
April 20, 2024	Chinese Grand Prix Sprint	Causing a collision with Carlos Sainz	3	April 20, 2025
June 30, 2024	Austrian Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu	2	June 30, 2025

Lance Stroll - Four points

Date	Event	Reason for Penalty	Points Incurred	Expiration Date
April 21, 2024	Chinese Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Daniel Ricciardo	2	April 21, 2025
December 1, 2024	Qatar Grand Prix	Causing a collision with Alex Albon	2	December 1, 2025