Potential heartbreak looming for Verstappen? This could thwart his F1 title aspirations
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Another F1 race weekend, another clean sheet for Max Verstappen, who continues to be the driver who's most at risk of a race ban due to the penalty points on his license.
Verstappen's penalty points tally currently stands at 8, with 12 being the amount leading to a race ban, a fate former F1 driver couldn't escape in 2024 being forced to skip the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Verstappen's first penalty points will not expire until 30 June, 2025. At 8 he is the de facto leader in the potentially title threatening stat. Seeing as Red Bull's performance is more track dependant than ever, missing a race could have major negative implications in his aspirations to take a 5th consecutive F1 title.
Lance Stroll veered onto Charles Leclerc's incoming trajectory, thus causing a collision and accruing a 1 place grid drop for the race as well as 1 penalty point for the clumsy manoeuvre, bringing his total to four.
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were also on the receiving end of hefty punishment by the Stewards, with the former being handed a drive-through penalty, and the latter a three place grid drop. Nevertheless neither of these incidents resulted in penalty points being added to their licenses.
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After the Monaco Grand Prix, Verstappen still cannot afford many incidents.
2025 F1 drivers' penalty points on FIA superlicense following the Monaco Grand Prix
Max Verstappen – 8 points
Liam Lawson - 6 points
Nico Hulkenberg – 4 points
Oscar Piastri – 4 points
Jack Doohan – 4 points
Lance Stroll – 4 points
Lando Norris – 3 points
Esteban Ocon – 2 points
Oliver Bearman – 2 points
Alex Albon – 2 points
Fernando Alonso – 2 points
Carlos Sainz – 2 points
Franco Colapinto - 2 points
George Russell – 1 point
Andrea Kimi Antonelli – 0 points
Gabriel Bortoleto – 0 points
Pierre Gasly – 0 points
Isack Hadjar – 0 points
Lewis Hamilton – 0 points
Charles Leclerc – 0 points
Yuki Tsunoda – 0 points
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