Sergio Perez on eggshells, race ban around the corner

Sergio Perez is on thin ice. After the Saudi Arabia race, the Mexican is just a few points away from a race ban. As an F1 driver, you accumulate penalty points throughout the year for when you have broken the rules once. After Perez's five-second penalty, a point has been added to his tally.

That means the Mexican is now on eight points. As a driver, you are allowed to have a maximum of twelve in a year. If you get twelve, you have to sit on the sidelines for one race. Because Perez thus made a mistake in the pit lane, those twelve points do come awfully close. The situation in the pit lane was a dubious one anyway. Perez was not allowed by his pit-crew to drive away yet, but seeing no one in his mirrors, he simply drove away. So Checo admitted after the race. Now he has to put on the penitentiary cloth and thus bring in less than four penalty points over the next fifteen races. Fifteen races is still a long time, but that is because the points remain for a year.

Penalty points Perez

Below is a brief overview of all the points Perez has brought in and why.