F1 penalties: What penalties can drivers receive and how do they get banned?
Just like in any other sport, in Formula 1 if drivers don’t follow the rules set out by the FIA, then they can be penalised for it.
However, it isn’t rare for drivers to find themselves victims of bizarrely harsh penalties which sometimes don’t even seem to make sense – like the infamous 65-grid penalty Stoffel Vandoorne suffered in Spa in 2017.
F1 can be a complicated form of motorsport and …Keep reading