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How Max Verstappen remains one incident from RACE BAN
Following the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen may have a little breathing space with regards to his penalty points, but the F1 champion’s race ban saga is not over just yet. Up until Austria, Verstappen was one incident and a penalty point away from a race ban, with 11 points on his FIA super license meaning that an additional point would have taken him to the 12-point threshold in 12 months. However, the Dutchman managed to stay out of trouble in Canada and Austria, and two points have fallen off his license on June 30, taking him down to a total of nine. Whilst a race ban is no longer perilously close, the champion remains the driver with the most amount of penalty points on the grid. Verstappen also has to wait until October this year before a further two points are deducted, and any number of incidents could happen between now and then. The FIA recently published their penalty guidelines, which offer some indication of the sheer number of incidents a driver can receive a handful of penalty points for if they step out of line.
