Since 2014, Formula One has had a penalty point system in place, where any breaches of the rules mean a drivers’ super licence is given endorsements. If any of the drivers rack up 12 points over a 12 month period they well then be banned for one race.
Last year there was lots of penalty points given out for a number of different reasons which included failing to respect yellow flags, practice start violations.
So, going into the new race year the rookies start off with zero, as well as Alonso, Bottas, Verstappen, Latifi, Gasly and Vettel. However in the first race weekend Vettel managed to get 5 over a weekend which has brought him up the table very quickly…
On the other end of the scale we have defending 7 time world champion Lewis Hamilton and he is joined by Mr Saturday (George Russell) and Lando Norris.
It will be very interesting to see how many points everyone will finish on at the end of a 23 race year… Below is how many each driver currently has 🙂
| Driver: | Points: |
| Lewis Hamilton | 6 |
| George Russell | 6 |
| Lando Norris | 5 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 5 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 4 |
| Charles Leclrec | 3 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 3 |
| Lance Stroll | 3 |
| Sergio Perez | 2 |
| Carlos Sainz | 1 |
| Esteban Ocon | 1 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 |
| Pierre Gasly | 0 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 0 |
| Max Verstappen | 0 |
| Nicholas Latifi | 0 |
| Fernando Alonso | 0 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | 0 |
| Mick Schumacher | 0 |
| Nikita Mazepin | 0 |
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