2012 Penalties To Date

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No, don't worry, it isn't me moaning at penalties again. I found this on another forum and found it fairly interesting reading.

What can we gain from it? You decide.

Bruno Senna

European GP: Causing collision with Kamui Kobayashi, drive through penalty

Charles Pic

Spanish GP:- Ignored waved blue flags, drive through penalty

British GP:- The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Daniel Ricciardo

European GP- Vitaly Petrov (Caterham) and Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) collision, racing incident no further action

Fernando Alonso

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Heikki Kovalainen

Australian Grand Prix: Unlapped himself during safety car period before reaching first safety car line. Five place grid drop at next event

Monaco;- Sergio Perez (Sauber) and Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham) collision to be investigated after the race. No action taken

Belgium GP - Unsafe release from the pit, team fined €10,000

Felipe Massa

Spanish GP:- Failing to slow during waved yellow flags, drive through penalty

Jenson Button

German GP - Crossed the white line on the Exit of the Pit Lane, fined €2,500

Jean-Éric Vergne

Bahrain GP: - Failed to attend weighbridge when requested after qualifying session, reprimand

Canadian GP: - Speeding in the pitlane during the race, drive through penalty

European GP- Collision with Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham) Ten place grid drop at next event and € 25,000 fine

Kamui Kobayashi

European GP - Collision with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Five place grid drop at the next event

British GP:- Unsafe manoeuvre in the pits. Fined €25,000

Kimi Raikkonen

Malaysian Grand Prix- The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Canadian GP- Crossed the white line on entry to pit lane during FP3, fined €2,500

Belgian GP - Car 9 left the track, alleged breach of Article 2© of Chapter IV of Appendix L of the FIA International Sporting Code. No action

Lewis Hamilton

Chinese GP: - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Spanish GP - Car failed to return to the pits under its own power, excluded from qualifying session but allowed to start from back of grid

European GP - Investigated for impeding Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) during Q3 by driving excessively slowly. No action taken

European GP - Investigated for overtaking under waved yellow flags, no further action

Mark Webber

German GP - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Belgium GP - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Belgium GP - Unsafe release from the pit, no action

Michael Schumacher

Chinese GP - Unsafe release from pit stop, team fined €5,000

Bahrain GP- The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Spanish GP - Driver left track at turn 13 during FP3 without giving stewards a reasonable explanation. Reprimand

Spanish GP - Caused a collision, 5 place grid drop at the next event

European GP- Using DRS during yellow flag period, No action taken

Monaco GP: - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus) collision to be investigated after the race. No action taken.

Hungarian GP - Speeding in the pitlane during the race, 111.4 km/h, drive through penalty

Belgian GP - Did not stay to the right of the bollard on the left in the Pit entry FP1, fined €2,500

Belgian GP - appeared to make a sudden change in direction at the Pit Entry, when in close proximity to car 1 (Vettel)., no action

Narain Karthikeyan

Malaysian Grand Prix- Caused a collision with Car 1 Sebastian Vettel, drive through penalty imposed after the race, 20 seconds added to lapsed time

European GP - Speeding in the pitlane during the race, drive through penalty

Nico Rosberg

Bahrain GP- Incident involving Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) no action taken

Bahrain GP - Incident involving Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) no action taken

German GP - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Belgian GP - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Nico Hulkenberg

Spanish GP - Speeding in the pitlane during FP3, 95.5 km/h fined €7,200

Monaco GP - Incident with Sergio Perez during FP3, reprimand

European GP- Investigated for impeding Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) during Q1, no action taken

British GP- The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Pastor Maldonado

Chinese GP: Impeding Heikki Kovalainen during Q1, reprimand

Bahrain: The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Monaco: Breach of Article 16.1 of the FIA's Sporting Code, 10 place grid drop

Canada: - Investigated for impeding Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) during Q1, racing incident, no further action

Canada: The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

European GP: Speeding in the pitlane during FP3, 66.1 km/h fined € 1,400,

European GP: Collision with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) Drive through penalty post race, 20 seconds added to elapsed time

British GP: Caused a collision with Sergio Perez (Sauber) Fined €10,000 and given a reprimand

German GP: Speeding in the pitlane during FP1 66.0 kmh, fined €1,200

Hungarian GP: Caused a collision with car no 11 Paul di Resta, drive through penalty

Belgium GP: Impeded Car 12 at Turns 18 and 19, drop of 3 grid places

Belgium GP -Jump start, 5-place grid penalty

Belgium GP - Caused a collision with Timo Glock, 5-place grid penalty

Paul di Resta

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Pedro de la Rosa

Malaysian Grand Prix- Team personnel still on the grid at the 3 minute warning prior to race restart, drive through penalty

Chinese GP - Impeding Bruno Senna during Q1, reprimand

Romain Grosjean

Monaco: Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus) collision to be investigated after the race. No action taken.

German GP- The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Belgium GP - Caused a collision, banned for the next race and fined €50,000

Sebastian Vettel

Malaysian Grand Prix- Speeding in the pitlane during FP2, 61.1 km/h, fined €400

Spanish GP- Failing to slow during waved yellow flags, drive through penalty

Canadian GP- Incident with Bruno Senna (Williams) during FP1, reprimand

Belgian GP - Performed a practice start in the Pit Lane contrary to item 10.1 of the Race Director’s notes, fined €10,000

German GP - Left the track and gained an advantage, drive through penalty imposed after the race, 20 seconds added to elapsed race time

Sergio Perez

Australian GP: The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events. Drop of five grid positions.

Monaco:- Impeding Kimi Raikkonen during the race, drive through penalty

Monaco;- Sergio Perez (Sauber) and Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham) collision to be investigated after the race. No action taken

German GP- Impeded Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) during qualifying, drop of 5 grid places

Timo Glock

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Vitaly Petrov

European GP- Vitaly Petrov (Caterham) and Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) collision, racing incident no further action

German GP - Used a front tyre in Q1 which had not been presented to the FIA Technical Delegate prior to the end of scrutineering, fined €2,500

Hungarian GP- Speeding in the pitlane during FP2, 64.8 km/h, fined €1,000

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer 4]

You missed one:

Williams - penalised for having Maldanado as a driver

[Massa 0]

Sounds to me like the drivers need to drive better. Three of them can handle the big-time.

[AleHop 0]

I saw there're 2 types of infringements. Some are dangerous or affects other's race (collisions) and the other type are not. Some drivers rarely are involved in the first type while others are frequently involved in collisions.

[Ikyrotz 0]

The list appears to be somewhat inconsistent. On the other hand, there are many "investigated, no action" items listed, but also many such not listed (for example, I remember Alonso being investigated for his driving under yellow flags in Silverstone, but was cleared of any wrong doing. That is not listed above while similar investigations from Hamilton and Schumacher are.) Also, penalties related to gear box changes and such do not really say anything about how one has been driving, so if the point is to show, who are the good ones and who the bad ones, those should be removed.