F1 penalties by offence
What each F1 offence means, what the stewards typically hand down for it, and every ruling on record. The rule behind the ruling, incident by incident.
- Impeding Unnecessarily obstructing another driver on a flying lap, most often in qualifying. 347 rulings
- Track limits Leaving the track (all four wheels beyond the white line) and gaining a lasting advantage. 329 rulings
- Causing a collision Being judged wholly or predominantly to blame for a collision, or forcing another driver off the track, under the FIA's driving-standards guidelines. 221 rulings
- Pit-lane speeding Exceeding the 80 km/h pit-lane speed limit. 181 rulings
- Yellow-flag infringement Failing to slow sufficiently, or improving a lap time, under a yellow flag. 177 rulings
- Safety-car infringement Breaching the rules under a safety car or virtual safety car - speeding, or too great a gap to the car ahead. 143 rulings
- Unsafe release Releasing a car from the pit box into an unsafe situation - into the path of another car in the pit lane, or with a wheel not safely fitted. 129 rulings
- Parc fermé breach Working on a car, or breaking the setup lock, while it is under parc fermé conditions. 128 rulings
- Driving unnecessarily slowly Driving unnecessarily slowly, typically on an in-lap or out-lap - a safety risk to cars on a flying lap. 66 rulings
- Start-procedure infringement Breaching the starting procedure - wrong grid slot, or a formation-lap / practice-start rule. 60 rulings
- Technical breach A car found not to conform to the technical regulations at scrutineering. 47 rulings
- Dangerous driving Driving in a manner deemed potentially dangerous, or erratically - e.g. moving under braking. 43 rulings
- Jump start Moving before the start signal, or being out of position at the start (a false / jump start). 19 rulings
- Ignoring blue flags Failing to let a faster, lapping car past when shown blue flags. 12 rulings
- Illegal overtake Overtaking where it isn't permitted - under a safety car, off the track, or before the control line. 12 rulings
- Unsafe rejoin Rejoining the track in an unsafe manner after running wide or off, into the path of other cars. 8 rulings