Gasly not suspended in Baku: how many more GPs does he have to 'survive'?
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- GPblog.com
Pierre Gasly received a lot of penalty points from the FIA last season, especially in the second half of the competition. With two new penalty points, the Alpine driver would be suspended for one Grand Prix weekend. Gasly got through the first three Grands Prix of the season well, but how long will it be before penalty points disappear from his super licence?
If a driver receives 12 penalty points in a 12-month period, he misses a Grand Prix. For an offence in Formula 1, two penalty points are usually handed out and since Gasly is now on 10, he has to remain very careful for a while.
Three GPs to go
Gasly will lose two penalty points on 22 May, the Monday after the Grand Prix at the Imola circuit. The Frenchman therefore has to 'survive' three more Grands Prix. So the weekends in Baku, Miami and thus Imola he has to remain faultless.
Gasly's luck is that since this year, penalty points are no longer handed out for exceeding track limits. This was still the case in 2022, something that nefarious him more than once and therefore mainly the reason he is on 10 penalty points.
In Australia, Gasly escaped two penalty points. The Alpine driver caused a crash involving teammate Esteban Ocon, but race control assessed it as a race incident.