How many penalty points does each F1 driver have in 2025?

Formula 1’s penalty points system will be familiar to anybody who has been caught speeding: grand prix drivers who commit some offences incur points on the superlicence that they need to race in F1. Anyone receiving 12 or more within a 12-month period will receive a single race ban.

So far, Kevin Magnussen is the only driver to have accrued 12 penalty points: he was banned from last year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

At the moment, 16 of the 21 F1 drivers to have raced this 2025 have penalty points. Max Verstappen has come closest to missing a round of the current season after colliding with George Russell’s Mercedes at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix and receiving three points, which saw him start the Canadian and Austrian Grands Prix with 11 on his licence.

Since then, two of his penalty points have expired — a year after being issued — which leaves him some breathing room but still treading a fine line. His remaining nine penalty points gives him the highest total on the grid at the moment.

Verstappen’s situation illustrates just how costly even minor infractions can be in the modern F1 landscape, where penalty points can be issued for serious infractions such as dangerous driving and avoidable collisions, as well as procedural missteps like failing to remain within a certain speed range during safety car periods, or driving too slowly in qualifying cool-down laps.

Verstappen isn’t the only one currently skating close to the edge. Haas rookie Ollie Bearman has jumped to 10 penalty points after his accident with Carlos Sainz at the Italian Grand Prix.

Here’s a run-down of all the penalties points each driver has.

Ollie Bearman (10 points)

Max Verstappen (9 points)

Liam Lawson (6 points)

Oscar Piastri (6 points)

Lance Stroll (5 points)

Kimi Antonelli (5 points)

Yuki Tsunoda (5 points)

Lando Norris (3 points)

Franco Colapinto (3 points)

Carlos Sainz (2 points)

Alex Albon (2 points)

Pierre Gasly (2 points)

Lewis Hamilton (2 points)

George Russell (1 point)

Charles Leclerc (1 point)

Esteban Ocon (1 point)