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Tag: 2022 Season

  • Penalty points

    As we are halfway through the 2022 season already, lets take a look at penalty points and see who is the closest to getting a race ban…

    Formula 1’s penalty points system is designed to keep the drivers’ behaviour on track in check. The points are issued for driver transgressions, with the amount varying on the severity of the incident. 12 points over the course of a 12 month period will see the driver have one race ban.

    Seven points-

    Max Verstappen

    • Two points: Expires 12 September 2022. Collision with Lewis Hamilton during the 2021 Italian GP.
    • Two points: Expires 21st November 2022. Ignoring double yellow flag during qualifying at the 2021 Qatar GP.
    • One points: Expires 5th December 2022. Leaving the track and gaining an advantage during the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP.
    • Two points: Expires 5th December 2022. Causing a collision with Hamilton during the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP.

    Pierre Gasly

    • Two points: Expires 12th September 2022. Causing a collision with Fernando Alonso during the 2021 Turkish GP.
    • Two points: Expires 22nd May 2023. Causing a collision with Stroll during the 2022 Spanish GP.
    • Two points: Expires 10th July 2023. Causing a collision with Vettel at the 2022 Austrian GP.
    • One point: Expires 10th July 2023. Track limits during the Austrian GP.

    Lance Stroll

    • Two points: Expires 1st August 2022. Causing a collision at the 2021 Hungarian GP.
    • Two points: Expires 26th September 2022. Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at the 2021 Russian GP.
    • Two points: Expires 10th April 2023. Causing a collision with Latifi at the Australian GP.
    • One point: Expires 10th April 2023. Weaving whilst defending during the 2022 Australian GP.

    Six Points-

    Fernando Alonso

    • Two points: Expires 10th October 2022. Causing a collision with Schumacher during the 2021 Turkish GP.
    • Two points: Expires 8th May 2023. Causing a collision with Gasly during the 2022 Miami GP.
    • One point: Expires 8th May 2023. Cutting the track and gaining an advantage at Miami GP.
    • One point: Expires 19th June 2023. Weaving whilst defending at the Canadian GP.

    Alex Albon

    • Two points: Expires 6th March 2023. Causing a collision with Stroll during the 2022 Saudi Arabian GP.
    • One point: Expires 22nd May 2023. Exceeding track limits during Spanish GP.
    • One point: Expires 29th May 2023. Gaining a lasting advantage by leaving the track during the 2022 Monaco GP.
    • Two points: Expires 9th July 2023. For forcing Lando Norris off track at the 2022 Austrian GP.

    Yuki Tsunoda

    • Two points: Expires 14th November 2022. Causing a collision with Stroll during the 2021 Brazilian GP.
    • Two points: Expires 5th December 2022. Causing a collision with Vettel during the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP.
    • Two points: Expires 3rd July 2023. Causing a collision with Pierre Gasly during the 2022 British GP.

    Four points-

    Esteban Ocon

    • One point: Expires 12th September 2022. Causing a collision with Vettel during the Italian GP 2021.
    • Two points: Expires 20th March 2023. Causing a collision with Schumacher during the 2022 Bahrain GP.
    • One point: Expires 29th May 2023. Causing a collision with Hamilton during the 2022 Monaco GP.

    Three points-

    Valtteri Bottas

    • Two points: Expires 1st August 2022. Causing a collision at the 2021 Hungarian GP.
    • One point: Expires 21st November 2022. Failing to slow for a yellow flag at the 2021 Qatar GP.

    Two points-

    George Russell

    • Two points: Expires 10th July 2023. Causing a collision with Sergio Perez during the 2022 Austrian GP.

    Daniel Ricciardo

    • One point: Expires 25th March 2023. Impeding Esteban Ocon at the Saudi Arabian GP.
    • One point: Expires 8th May 2023. Gaining a lasting advantage by leaving the track during the Miami GP.

    Kevin Magnussen

    • Two points: Expires 8th May 2023. Causing a collision with Stroll during the 2022 Miami GP.

    Zhou Guanyu

    • One point: Expires 26th March 2023. Gaining a lasting advantage by leaving the track during the 2022 Saudi Arabian GP.
    • One point: Expires 10th July 2023. Exceeding track limits.

    One point-

    Sergio Perez

    • One point: Expires 12th September 2022. Overtaking by going off track at the 2021 Italian GP.

    Lando Norris

    • One point: Expires 10th July 2023. Exceeding track limits during the 2022 Austrain GP.

    Sebastian Vettel

    • One point: Expires 10th July 2023. Exceeding track limits at the 2022 Austrian GP.

    Nicholas Latifi

    • One point: Expires 12th June 2023. Ignoring blue flags during the 2022 Azerbaijan GP.

    Zero points-

    Charles Leclerc

    Lewis Hamilton

    Carlos Sainz

    Mick Schumacher

  • F1 2022 Drivers

    Now the 2021 season is over and all drivers have been announced for next season, lets take a look whose with who and what were expecting from drivers.

    Mercedes-

    Lewis Hamilton & George Russell. A 7 time world champ and a Mercedes Junior on the same team! This is what we have been waiting for (especially me!), I feel like they could both learn from each other but probably George more so than Lewis, but I’m mainly just looking forward to seeing GR in a competitive car (hopefully) and see him score points on the regular.

    Red Bull-

    Max Verstappen & Sergio Perez. RB have kept it the same which is understandable after a good first year for Perez in the team he helped Max/the team out on many occasions this year and it really is just good team-work.

    Ferrari-

    Charles Leclerc & Carlos Sainz. No change for the Italian team- good team work with from both sides of the garage especially in Carlos’ first year with the team.

    McLaren-

    Lando Norris & Daniel Ricciardo. Again no change, hopefully 2022 is a better year for Ricciardo and his more comfortable with the new car. And we’ve all seen what Lando has done this year!

    Alpine-

    Esteban Ocon & Fernando Alonso. No change for Alpine, which I think is justified after seeing Alonso defend Hamilton so his team-mate could win, then Alonso got back on the podium in his first year back.

    Alpha Tauri-

    Pierre Gasly & Yuki Tsunoda. Pierre has had such a consistent season so I think it would of been silly if he wasn’t there, and Yuki has had a good season as a rookie scored his best finish in Abu Dhabi so hopefully he gets more consistent in the new season.

    Aston Martin-

    Lance Stroll & Sebastian Vettel. I had no doubt about either, with Seb scoring podium this year, I felt like Stroll could’ve done better so hopefully a better season for the team next year!

    Williams-

    Nicholas Latifi & Alex Albon. Now this one I’m excited for! Quite a good season for Nicky for it being his 2nd in F1 but his with Alex next year and I’m glad to see him returning to the grid! Hopefully we see good things from the pair.

    Alfa Romeo-

    Valtteri Bottas & Guanyu Zhou. Alfa Romeo is the only team to have two new drivers in 2022, Bottas starting a new journey with them which I’m excited to see what he can do, it’s not unknown for drivers to go to a less rewarding team for a bit of a challenge. Guanyu Zhou, is moving up from F2 after he finished 3rd in the standings this year, it’ll be interesting to see how he can do next year. But I think the pair will work quite well together, and Bottas will help Zhou a lot to help him find his footing.

    Haas-

    Mick Schumacher & Nikita Mazepin. No change for Haas for 2022 which is probably a good thing, I’m hoping we see Haas be able to score points next year I wanna see what they can do in a more competitive car.