Up until Austria, Verstappen was one incident and a penalty point away from a race ban, with 11 points on his FIA super ...

The FIA’s updated penalty framework shows Max Verstappen narrowly escaped a race ban after his clash with George Russell in Spain.

Max Verstappen was just one penalty point away from a race ban after his Spanish GP incident with George Russell.

Under current FIA regulations, any driver who scores 12 penalty points within a 12-month period is handed a one-race suspension. Verstappen now sits at 11, only one point shy of the threshold.

In a push for transparency, the FIA's newly released guidelines suggest Verstappen may have deserved a one-race suspension.

Even after the British Grand Prix, Max Verstappen remains the Formula 1 driver with the most penalty points on his record.

Max Verstappen’s immediate race ban threat The rules dictate that any driver who picks up 12 penalty points on their FIA Super Licence will be automatically banned from the following race ...

Max Verstappen silenced the British fans by seeing off McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to put his Red Bull on pole ...

The significance of that additional sanction was that it moved Verstappen onto 11 points for the last 12-month period - one away from triggering an automatic one-race ban under F1's regulations.

Max Verstappen told his father Jos Verstappen that Red Bull's performance was "just not good enough" in Austria.

The FIA has just released previously secret racing rules and stewards' penalty guidelines. Some in the paddock are ...