Every F1 driver needs to be on their best behaviour throughout the season, as a race ban awaits them if they pick up too many ...

If the drivers accrued 12 penalty points within a 12-month period, they would face a race ban. Since the introduction of the penalty points system in 2014, only one driver has faced a race ban ...

The F1 penalty points system was first put in place to keep the driving standards above a threshold. Transgressions could be anything from causing a collision, dangerous driving, speeding in the ...

The use of penalty points in F1 became increasingly liberal in 2024 and that is playing out with more drivers getting closer to the race ban threshold. Kevin Magnussen became the first driver to ...

Despite learner drivers only holding a provisional licence, it is still possible to accumulate penalty points if drivers violate traffic rules that apply equally to all licence holders.

Driver details for offences – Failing to disclose the driver of a vehicle involved in an offence can result in six penalty ...

Motorists could be slapped with a £5,000 fine and nine penalty points on their driving licence for eating or drinking behind the wheel, according to experts. Car insurance specialists at Tiger ...

Lawson was classified 16th in Bahrain, one position up from where he took the chequered flag courtesy of Nico Hulkenberg's ...

The Minister for Transport signed an order on Tuesday closing a legal loophole under which some drivers got disqualification orders for periods as short as one day and avoided penalty points ...

A six-month disqualification is usually imposed on drivers who accumulate 12 penalty points. However, a section in the Road Traffic Act allowed some to avoid this through what is known as an ...