Pierre Gasly will perhaps be taking a cautious approach to this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix – the venue where he claimed his first-ever Formula 1 podium back in 2019 – with the Frenchman just two penalty points away from a race ban. Since the penalty points system was introduced in 2014, no driver has ever been awarded 12 points in a 12-month period, the amount needed to be slapped with a race ban. The points work on a rolling 12-month basis, not a season basis, meaning that a point awarded in the month of July, for example, who expire and be taken off a driver's licence in July the following year. Gasly has amassed 10 points since May alone, with the AlphaTauri driver not...
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