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F1 grid penalty

What a grid penalty means, when it escalates, and every one on record.

A number of places dropped on the starting grid of the next race - commonly for power-unit or gearbox component changes, or a penalty carried across the weekend.

When it escalates
If the drop is bigger than the available grid slots, the driver simply starts from the back of the grid.

25 on record (2025-2026):

  1. Penalty: Antonelli +3 grid Yellow flagsHungarian GP
  2. Penalty: Hamilton +3 grid Impeding PiastriHungarian GP
  3. Penalty: Sainz +10 grid Change to power unit componentsBelgian GP
  4. Penalty: Alonso +20 grid Change to power unit componentsBelgian GP
  5. Penalty: Hadjar +30 grid Changes to power unit componentsBelgian GP
  6. Penalty: Norris +10 grid Change to pu elementBelgian GP
  7. Penalty: Stroll +10 grid Change to pu elementBelgian GP
  8. Penalty: Stroll +10 grid Power unit components changedBritish GP
  9. Penalty: Gasly +3 grid Impeding StrollBritish GP
  10. Penalty: Bortoleto +5 grid Collision with StrollLas Vegas GP
  11. Penalty: Sainz +5 grid Collision with AntonelliUnited States GP
  12. Penalty: Stroll +5 grid Collision with OconUnited States GP
  13. Penalty: Hamilton +5 grid Yellow flagsDutch GP
  14. Penalty: Bearman +10 grid Red-flag breachBritish GP
  15. Penalty: Antonelli +3 grid Collision with VerstappenAustrian GP
  16. Penalty: Hadjar +3 grid ImpedingCanadian GP
  17. Penalty: Tsunoda +10 grid Red-flag breachCanadian GP
  18. Penalty: Hamilton +3 grid Impeding VerstappenMonaco GP
  19. Penalty: Stroll +3 grid ImpedingMonaco GP
  20. Penalty: Bearman +10 grid Red-flag breachMonaco GP
  21. Penalty: Stroll +1 grid Incident with LeclercMonaco GP
  22. Penalty: Colapinto +1 grid Ignored race directorEmilia Romagna GP
  23. Penalty: Antonelli +1 grid Ignored race directorBahrain GP
  24. Penalty: Russell +1 grid Ignored race directorBahrain GP
  25. Penalty: Sainz +3 grid Impeding HamiltonJapanese GP