It may make you smile if you think about all the legal battles of Mercedes and the chaos generated by Michael Masi’s decisions during the last laps of the race, but the weekend in Abu Dhabi – the last race of the 2021 Formula 1 season – ended without any penalties for the drivers. The only, minimal, penalty was given to Esteban Ocon, guilty of hindering Sebastian Vettel during a fast lap in qualifying. The Frenchman from Alpine, however, got away with a simple reprimand, which in fact was irrelevant in the last event of the year. At the end of the championship, it is therefore possible to take an overall look at the disciplinary report of all the drivers, which they will start the 2022 season with.
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Starting with the ‘good ones’, only four drivers did not receive any penalty points on their Super license during the year: they are Mick Schumacher, Daniel Ricciardo and the pair of Ferrari drivers, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. The Maranello team deserves a note of merit, given that it was the only team to not receive any significant disciplinary sanctions throughout the year. At the other extreme is Red Bull. Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen in fact have accumulated seven penalty points each, out of a maximum of 12, after which a race ban would be triggered. It is emblematic to note how five of the seven penalty points received by the Dutchman came in episodes that saw him involved on the track incidents with Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time British world champion, who fought for the title with Max Verstappen until the last lap of the last race, instead received only two points for the crash at Silverstone, when Hamilton took out his Red Bull drival. Also part of the Milton Keynes ‘family’ is the most sanctioned driver of the entire 2021 Formula 1 season, rookie Yuki Tsunoda. The Japanese received eight penalty points overall, divided into six total offenses committed.
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