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F1 safety-car infringement penalties

Every stewards' decision for safety-car infringement on record (2025-2026) - the going rate, and who's been penalised most. Straight from the FIA documents.

Breaching the rules under a safety car or virtual safety car - speeding, or too great a gap to the car ahead.

The going rate

Across 28 classified rulings for safety-car infringement, the stewards handed down:

  1. Warning12
  2. No action7
  3. No penalty4
  4. +5s3
  5. +10s1
  6. Reprimand1

Most penalised - drivers

  1. Albon5
  2. Antonelli4
  3. Piastri4
  4. Hadjar3
  5. Leclerc3
  6. Norris3
  7. Verstappen3
  8. Hamilton2
  9. Lindblad2
  10. Ocon2
  11. Stroll2
  12. Tsunoda2

Most penalised - teams

  1. McLaren7
  2. Red Bull6
  3. Williams6
  4. Ferrari5
  5. Mercedes5
  6. Aston Martin3
  7. Haas2
  8. RB2
  9. Alpine1
  10. Audi1
  11. Cadillac1

82decisions on record:

  1. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesHungarian GP
  2. Warning: Antonelli Safety carHungarian GP
  3. Other document: Summons - Antonelli - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesHungarian GP
  4. Other document: Summons - Williams - Alleged Safety Car InfringementBritish GP
  5. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesBritish GP
  6. Warning: Lindblad Safety carBritish GP
  7. Warning: Albon Safety carBritish GP
  8. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesBritish GP
  9. Other document: Summons - Lindblad - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesBritish GP
  10. Other document: Summons - Albon - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesBritish GP
  11. No further action: Piastri Safety carAustrian GP
  12. Other document: Summons - Piastri - Race Director's Instructions between the Safety Car LinesAustrian GP
  13. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesAustrian GP
  14. Warning: Hadjar Safety carAustrian GP
  15. Other document: Summons - Hadjar - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesAustrian GP
  16. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesBarcelona-Catalunya GP
  17. No further action: Hadjar Safety carMonaco GP
  18. No further action: Hamilton Safety carMonaco GP
  19. No further action: Safety carCanadian GP
  20. Penalty: Bortoleto +5s Safety carCanadian GP
  21. Warning: Antonelli Safety carCanadian GP
  22. Warning: Safety carCanadian GP
  23. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesCanadian GP
  24. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  25. Other document: Decision - Sprint Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  26. Other document: Decision - Norris - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  27. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  28. Other document: Summons - Norris - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  29. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesJapanese GP
  30. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesChinese GP
  31. Penalty: Pérez +5s Safety carChinese GP
  32. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesChinese GP
  33. Other document: Summons - Ocon - Alleged Driving Unnecessarily Slowly during VSCAustralian GP
  34. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesAustralian GP
  35. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesAbu Dhabi GP
  36. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesQatar GP
  37. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesQatar GP
  38. Other document: Decision - Race Safety Car Line Times - NorrisLas Vegas GP
  39. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesSao Paulo GP
  40. Other document: Decision - Sprint Reconnaissance Laps Safety Car Line TimesSao Paulo GP
  41. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesSao Paulo GP
  42. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesUnited States GP
  43. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesUnited States GP
  44. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesSingapore GP
  45. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesAzerbaijan GP
  46. Other document: Decision - Reconnaissance Laps Safety Car Line TimesDutch GP
  47. No further action: Verstappen Safety carDutch GP
  48. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesDutch GP
  49. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesBelgian GP
  50. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesBelgian GP
  51. Other document: Summons - Tsunoda - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesBelgian GP
  52. Other document: Summons - Russell - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesBelgian GP
  53. Penalty: Piastri +10s Safety carBritish GP
  54. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesBritish GP
  55. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesAustrian GP
  56. Warning: Sainz Safety carCanadian GP
  57. Warning: Leclerc Safety carCanadian GP
  58. Warning: Gasly Safety carCanadian GP
  59. Warning: Piastri Safety carCanadian GP
  60. Warning: Ocon Safety carCanadian GP
  61. Warning: Antonelli Safety carCanadian GP
  62. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesCanadian GP
  63. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesSpanish GP
  64. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesMonaco GP
  65. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesEmilia Romagna GP
  66. Penalty: Albon +5s Safety carMiami GP
  67. Other document: Summons - Albon - Alleged Safety Car InfringementMiami GP
  68. Reprimand: Verstappen Safety carMiami GP
  69. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  70. Other document: Summons - Verstappen - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesMiami GP
  71. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesJapanese GP
  72. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesChinese GP
  73. No further action: Stroll Safety carChinese GP
  74. No further action: Leclerc Safety carChinese GP
  75. Other document: Decision - Sprint Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesChinese GP
  76. Other document: Summons - Stroll - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesChinese GP
  77. Other document: Summons - Leclerc - Race Director's Instructions Safety Car Line TimesChinese GP
  78. No penalty applied: Albon Safety carAustralian GP
  79. No penalty applied: Tsunoda Safety carAustralian GP
  80. No penalty applied: Hamilton Safety carAustralian GP
  81. No penalty applied: Alonso Safety carAustralian GP
  82. Other document: Decision - Qualifying Safety Car Line TimesAustralian GP