F1 penalty points: assessing penalty situation for drivers ahead of 2024 Dutch GP after summer break. F1 penalty points: Who is at risk and who can discard points.

The ‘king’ of penalties
The Formula 1 summer break provides an opportunity to assess the penalty situation for individual drivers, something everyone will need to consider when they return from vacation. The sword of Damocles hanging over all drivers is the suspension that comes with accumulating 12 penalty points in the last 12 months. However, this situation has never occurred since this penalty system was introduced.

This year, the risk of a possible suspension exists, especially for Kevin Magnussen. The Danish Haas driver, who is already certain to lose his seat next year, is just two points away from the mandatory one-race suspension after managing the not-so-simple feat of racking up 10 penalty points in the first six rounds of the year.

Who is at risk and who can discard points
Since then—fortunately—the Viking from Roskilde has calmed down. However, just one more medium-severity infraction in the last 10 GPs could lead to a suspension that would be historic in its own way. It should be noted, however, that in similar situations in the past, stewards have seemed inclined to look the other way when possible. Fernando Alonso’s situation is still not safe either, as he sits at eight penalty points, just four away from a possible race suspension.

Like Kevin Magnussen, the Spanish driver has received all his penalties in the last 12 months during this season and therefore has no penalty points to discard. The situations of Sergio Perez and Logan Sargeant, however, are different. Both have eight penalty points but will have many points to discard within a month: Checo will have five points removed by the end of September, and Sargeant will lose four. Given the difficult seasons both are experiencing on track, this could be one of the few good pieces of news for their summer.

No problems for Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz: the Monegasque driver has no penalty points, while his Maranello teammate has just one penalty point for the incident in Miami.

Pilot	Points	Points Awarded	GP	Motivation	Expiration
Kevin Magnussen	10	3	Saudi Arabia 2024	Accident	09-Mar-25
		2	China 2024	Accident	21-Apr-25
		3	Miami 2024	Left the track and gained an advantage (x3)	05-May-25
		2	Miami 2024	Accident	06-May-25
Sergio Perez	8	1	Singapore 2023	Accident	17-Sep-24
		2	Japan 2023	Accident	24-Sep-24
		2	Japan 2023	Overtaking in SC regime	24-Sep-24
		2	Abu Dhabi 2023	Accident	26-Nov-24
		1	Saudi Arabia 2024	Unsafe release	09-Mar-25
Logan Sargeant	8	2	Mexico 2023	Overtaking under the yellow flag	29-Oct-24
		2	Japan 2023	Accident	24-Sep-24
		2	Italy 2023	Accident	03-Sep-24
		2	China 2024	Overtaking under the Safety Car regime	21-Apr-25
Fernando Alonso	8	3	Australia 2024	Potentially dangerous driving	24-Mar-25
		3	China 2024	Accident	20-Apr-25
		2	Austria 2024	Accident	30-Jun-25
Lance Stroll	5	3	Las Vegas 2023	Overtaking under double yellow flag	17-Nov-24
		2	China 2024	Accident	21-Apr-25
Max Verstappen	4	2	Las Vegas 2023	Forced driver off track	18-Nov-24
		2	Austria 2024	Accident	30-Jun-25
Esteban Ocon	3	1	Miami 2024	Unsafe release	04-May-25
		2	Munich 2024	Accident	26-May-25
George Russell	2	2	Las Vegas 2023	Accident	18-Nov-24
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	Italy 2023	Accident	03-Sep-24
Yuki Tsunoda	2	2	Holland 2023	Accident	27-Aug-24
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	Mexico 2023	Accident	29-Oct-24
Daniel Ricciardo	2	2	China 2024	Overtaking under Safety Car	21-Apr-25
Nico Hulkenberg	2	2	Austria 2024	Forced driver off track	29-Jun-25
Carlos Sainz	1	1	Miami 2024	Accident	05-May-25