In 11 months, reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen accrued as many penalty points across six different infringements. Some of the incidents from last season weren’t egregious per se, such as driving unnecessarily slowly in qualifying,

The Red Bull driver said questions about his looming one-race ban were “really pissing” him off after he qualified second for the Canadian Grand Prix behind George Russell

If a driver reaches 12 penalty points on their FIA Super License over a single calendar year period, they are hit with a one-race penalty ban. Last season Kevin Magnussen missed the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after accumulating enough penalty points to trigger the one-race ban at the previous race, the Italian Grand Prix.