Heres How Many Reprimands Each F1 Driver Has In 2022

It’s no secret that bad driving in F1 is punishable by a penalty and points on your racing licence, with 12 points in a year leading to a race ban. However, flipside system penalises naughty behaviour both on and off the track: reprimands.

WHAT IS A REPRIMAND IN F1?

A reprimand is a sanction given to a suburbanite for an offence that isn’t worthy of a penalty; think of it as increasingly like a slap on the wrist. The reprimands are then split into driving and non-driving related offences.

Examples of driving-related incidents include pit lane offences and very tropical calls with other drivers or impeding in practice sessions. Basically, things that happen on the track.

Non-driving offences are not as worldwide but do happen. In 2021 Sebastian Vettel and three other drivers were told off and given non-driving reprimands for not removing their “we race as one” t-shirts for the Hungarian national anthem.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET TOO MANY?

The current sporting regulations state that any suburbanite who receives five of these reprimands in a season will be given a ten-place grid penalty at that event or at the next race if their final reprimand is given during the Grand Prix.

At least four of these reprimands need to be driving offences, too