Penalty points for riders: how to start again in 2023 | FormulaPassion.it

As the way to the world championship 2023 is getting closer and closer, the relationship between this last world championship and the 2022 season will still remain alive. This, at least, with regard to the infractions or errors committed by the pilots in the past year, which cost the 20 participants the addition of penalty points on their Superlicences.

Finding himself momentarily in the worst condition is the new Alpine driver, Pierre Gasly, the most ‘undisciplined’ in 2022 at the wheel of the AlphaTauri. The Frenchman, as repeatedly underlined, has collected a total of 10 points out of 12 maximum. This means that, in the event of one or two breaches of the sporting regulations on the track before the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Gasly will be liable to a one-race disqualification. Otherwise, the transalpine will see his ‘score’ decrease more and more, until his total disappearance scheduled for 30 October. Gasly is also the only one to find himself in double figures, followed by Lance Stroll (at 8) and by Alexander Albon, stopped at 7.

Different speech for all the riders belonging to the three top teams: Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. While Russell ‘dominates’ this special standings with 4 points, behind him are the Red Bull duo, with Perez and Verstappen both stopped 2 points behind. The discipline of the Ferrari fans should be underlined, with Leclerc with only one point and Sainz even zero, exactly like the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Of note, among the drivers participating in the last world championship, Hamilton’s former teammate, Valtteri Bottasalso without penalty.