Sergio Perez will have to be on his best behaviour for the next 15 F1 races to avoid a potential ban.
The Red Bull driver was hit with a five-second time penalty for leaving his pit box in an unsafe manner during the early stages of Saturday’s race in Jeddah.
With the majority of the field opting to pit under the early Safety Car, Red Bull double stacked their cars., who had to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting the Mexican. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stewards ruled that Alonso had to “take evasive action to avoid a collision” and subsequently penalised Perez.
“What made the situation worse was the fact that car 11 left the pits when there was a red light shown to it ,” they noted.Max VerstappenThat is because Perez was also issued with a penalty point on his licence, taking his total for the current 12-month period up to eight.Perez won’t have a point scrubbed off his licence until September 17, meaning he must get through the next 15 races without picking up four penalty points to avoid a ban.
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