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F1 penalty points - who's in the bad books?

Formula 1 stewards frequently distribute penalties for an array of driving offences, leading to sanctions such as time demotions or drive throughs, but they also usually come with penalty points. Under a system introduced in 2015 drivers are permitted 12 penalty points over a rolling 12-month period. Should they reach that tally then their Super License will be revoked for one Grand Prix – effectively meaning that they would be banned for the following event. A driver has not been suspended since Romain Grosjean was forced to sit out the 2012 Italian Grand Prix for causing a multi-car pile-up at the preceding round in Belgium. As the 2018 season cruises towards its finale who is on...
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