Back in April I done a blog post looking at what penalty points are and how many each driver has. This time I want to focus on how many the drivers have now, half way through the season.
Penalty points get taken off after a year, so seeing as this time last year we was racing instead of summer break, it could shake the order up…
| Driver | Points currently | Difference from April |
| Lando Norris | 8 | +3 |
| Sergio Perez | 8 | +6 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 6 | +1 |
| Lance Stroll | 6 | +3 |
| Nicholas Latifi | 6 | +6 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 5 | +1 |
| Nikita Mazepin | 5 | +5 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 4 | -2 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 4 | +4 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 4 | +1 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | 4 | +4 |
| George Russell | 4 | -2 |
| Charles Leclerc | 2 | -1 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Sainz | 1 | 0 |
| Pierre Gasly | 1 | +1 |
| Max Verstappen | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Alonso | 0 | 0 |
| Esteban Ocon | 0 | -1 |
| Mick Schumacher | 0 | 0 |
A couple of the drivers need to watch out especially Norris and Perez, they are both only 4 points away from a race ban and with how close this season is, one race ban could change the whole dynamic in the championship standings…
The order has changed quite a bit, both Hamilton and Russell going down the order quite a bit. A few of the drivers have managed to stay in the same spot, like Verstappen, Schumacher and Ricciardo.
I think it will be interesting to see at the end of the season where the drivers are with the points, I can imagine a big shake up again…
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