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The F1 penalty points system has played a major role in helping keep the driving standards under check. The entire system was first put in place in 2014 as a direct consequence of a dip in driving standards in the early 2010s. With drivers such as Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado making it a habit of getting into skirmishes, a system had to be put in place to keep the drivers in check.
As part of the system, the points are given on the basis of the severity of the transgressions. If a driver reaches 12 points, he gets banned from a race. Since the inception of this system in 2014, Kevin Magnussen is the only driver to have faced a ban.
It was imposed because the Danish driver reached 12 F1 penalty points over a 12-month period. As the circus heads to Singapore, who are the top 5 delinquents of penalty points? Let's take a look.
