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F1 yellow-flag infringement penalties

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

Failing to slow sufficiently, or improving a lap time, under a yellow flag.

Regulation: Art. B1.8.4 (yellow flags)

The going rate

Across 50 classified rulings for yellow-flag infringement, the stewards handed down:

  1. Deleted lap23
  2. No action14
  3. Reprimand5
  4. No penalty2
  5. Warning2
  6. +10s1
  7. +3 grid1
  8. +5 grid1
  9. 10s stop+go1

Most penalised - drivers

  1. Bortoleto6
  2. Hamilton6
  3. Hülkenberg6
  4. Antonelli4
  5. Sainz4
  6. Ocon3
  7. Tsunoda3
  8. Albon2
  9. Colapinto2
  10. Gasly2
  11. Piastri2
  12. Alonso1

Most penalised - teams

  1. Audi12
  2. Ferrari7
  3. Williams6
  4. Mercedes5
  5. Alpine4
  6. Haas3
  7. McLaren2
  8. Red Bull2
  9. Aston Martin1

69decisions on record:

  1. No further action: Leclerc Yellow flagsHungarian GP
  2. Penalty: Antonelli +3 grid Yellow flagsHungarian GP
  3. Lap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsHungarian GP
  4. Other document: Summons - Antonelli - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementHungarian GP
  5. No further action: Sainz Yellow flagsBelgian GP
  6. Lap times deleted: FP3 lap times deleted Yellow flagsBelgian GP
  7. Other document: Summons - Sainz - Alleged Failure to Slow for Double Yellow FlagsBelgian GP
  8. Other document: Summons - Verstappen - Sainz Alleged Failure to Slow for Double Yellow FlagsBelgian GP
  9. Reprimand: Hülkenberg Yellow flagsBelgian GP
  10. Other document: Summons - Hülkenberg - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementBelgian GP
  11. Reprimand: Hamilton Yellow flagsBritish GP
  12. Other document: Summons - Hamilton - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementBritish GP
  13. No further action: Ocon Yellow flagsBritish GP
  14. Other document: Summons - Ocon - Alleged Failing to Slow for Yellow FlagsBritish GP
  15. No further action: Albon Yellow flagsAustrian GP
  16. Lap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsAustrian GP
  17. Lap times deleted: FP2 lap times deleted Yellow flagsAustrian GP
  18. Lap times deleted: FP1 lap times deleted Yellow flagsAustrian GP
  19. Penalty: Colapinto +10s Yellow flagsBarcelona-Catalunya GP
  20. Other document: Summons - Colapinto - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementBarcelona-Catalunya GP
  21. Lap times deleted: FP3 lap times deleted Yellow flagsMonaco GP
  22. Lap times deleted: FP2 lap times deleted Yellow flagsMonaco GP
  23. Lap times deleted: FP1 lap times deleted Yellow flagsMonaco GP
  24. Penalty: Hadjar 10s stop+go Yellow flagsCanadian GP
  25. Lap times deleted: Sprint qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsCanadian GP
  26. Lap times deleted: FP1 lap times deleted Yellow flagsCanadian GP
  27. No further action: Alonso Yellow flagsMiami GP
  28. No further action: Albon Yellow flagsMiami GP
  29. No further action: Ocon Yellow flagsMiami GP
  30. Lap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsMiami GP
  31. Lap times deleted: Sprint qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsMiami GP
  32. Lap times deleted: FP1 lap times deleted Yellow flagsMiami GP
  33. Lap times deleted: FP3 lap times deleted Yellow flagsJapanese GP
  34. Lap times deleted: FP2 lap times deleted Yellow flagsJapanese GP
  35. Lap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsChinese GP
  36. Lap times deleted: Sprint qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsChinese GP
  37. Lap times deleted: 2 × Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsAustralian GP
  38. No further action: Bortoleto Yellow flagsLas Vegas GP
  39. Other document: Summons - Bortoleto - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementLas Vegas GP
  40. Reprimand: Hamilton Yellow flagsSao Paulo GP
  41. Lap times deleted: Sprint qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsSao Paulo GP
  42. Other document: Summons - Hamilton - Alleged Double Yellow Flag InfringementSao Paulo GP
  43. No further action: Hülkenberg Yellow flagsSingapore GP
  44. No further action: Tsunoda Yellow flagsSingapore GP
  45. No further action: Bortoleto Yellow flagsSingapore GP
  46. No further action: Russell Yellow flagsSingapore GP
  47. Lap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsSingapore GP
  48. Other document: Summons - Bortoleto - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementSingapore GP
  49. Other document: Summons - Hülkenberg - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementSingapore GP
  50. Other document: Summons - Tsunoda - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementSingapore GP
  51. Lap times deleted: Qualifying lap times deleted Yellow flagsAzerbaijan GP
  52. Reprimand: Antonelli Yellow flagsAzerbaijan GP
  53. No penalty applied: Hülkenberg Yellow flagsAzerbaijan GP
  54. Other document: Summons - Antonelli - Alleged Overtaking Under Yellow Flag ConditionsAzerbaijan GP
  55. Other document: Summons - Hülkenberg - Alleged Overtaking Under Yellow Flag ConditionsAzerbaijan GP
  56. Reprimand: Piastri Yellow flagsAzerbaijan GP
  57. Other document: Summons - Piastri - Alleged Failure to Slow Under Yellow FlagsAzerbaijan GP
  58. No penalty applied: Yellow flagsItalian GP
  59. Penalty: Hamilton +5 grid Yellow flagsDutch GP
  60. Other document: Summons - Hamilton - Alleged Speeding Under Yellow FlagsDutch GP
  61. Lap times deleted: Race lap times deleted Yellow flagsAustrian GP
  62. No further action: Tsunoda Yellow flagsMonaco GP
  63. No further action: Bortoleto Yellow flagsEmilia Romagna GP
  64. Other document: Summons - Bortoleto - Alleged Yellow Flag InfringementEmilia Romagna GP
  65. Warning: Sainz Yellow flagsMiami GP
  66. Warning: Gasly Yellow flagsMiami GP
  67. Other document: Summons - Sainz - Alleged Failing to Slow for Yellow FlagsMiami GP
  68. Other document: Summons - Gasly - Alleged Failing to Slow for Yellow FlagsMiami GP