F1 deleted lap time
What a deleted lap time means, when it escalates, and every one on record.
A lap time is struck from the results - almost always for exceeding track limits (all four wheels beyond the white line) in practice or qualifying.
- When it escalates
- Repeated track-limits breaches in the race draw a black-and-white flag, then time penalties.
115 on record (2025-2026):
- LAPLap times deleted: Antonelli Track limitsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Race lap times deleted Track limitsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Track limitsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
- LAPLap times deleted: FP3 lap times deleted Track limitsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
- LAPLap times deleted: FP2 lap times deleted Track limitsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
- LAPLap times deleted: FP1 lap times deleted Track limitsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Track limitsUnited States GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Sprint lap times deleted Track limitsUnited States GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Race lap times deleted Track limitsEmilia Romagna GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Track limitsEmilia Romagna GP
- LAPLap times deleted: Race lap times deleted Track limitsSaudi Arabian GP
- DSQ disqualified
- PEN penalty
- FINE fine
- REP reprimand
- WARN warning
- LAP lap times deleted
- NPA no penalty applied
- NFA no further action
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