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A dramatic week for this Alpine F1 junior driver who will be forced to sit out the next round of the Formula 3 season.
Alpine F1 junior driver Nicola Lacorte will serve a ban at the upcoming Formula 3 round at the Red Bull Ring due to accumulating 18 penalty points during the Monaco and Spain rounds.
Racing for DAMS in the F3 feeder series, Lacorte experienced a challenging week with multiple infringements leading to the penalty points.
Drivers face an automatic ban for the next relevant round if they amass 12 penalty points within a 12-month period.
Last season, Kevin Magnussen was the first F1 driver to exceed the limit, with current world champion Max Verstappen teetering on the edge of a ban, just one point away.
Following a series of penalties in Spain, Lacorte found himself on the brink of a ban before the decisive race, resulting in DAMS needing to find a replacement driver for the Austria round at the end of June.
