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.

As well as being given a 10-second time penalty, FIA race stewards thought the incident to be serious enough to hand Verstappen three penalty points on his superlicence. That take

Max Verstappen will become the ninth driver to be banned from Formula 1 if he is given a one-race ban for exceeding penalty points.