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Max Verstappen is on the edge of the suspension in Formula 1 after losing 11 of the 12 points of its supericance in the last 11 months. The Red Bull pilot has been penalized several times, being the most recent to deliberately collide George Russell in the Barcelona GP and receive a penalty of 2 points less in his certificate.
Max Verstappen He starred in an unusual moment in the Barcelona GP Deliberately clashing the Mercedes de George Russell and be sanctioned with the subtraction of 3 points to its superlicnce, a certificate that is on the verge of leaving the tetracampeón of the F1 suspended from the ‘great circus’.
This is because of the 12 points that make up the Superliccence For F1 pilots, Max Verstappen He has lost 11 in the last 11 months, something totally unpublished and that has a date of the World Cup of F1 to the great star of Red Bull and current tetracampeón.
Verstappen incidents
The first of the episodes that has compromised the Max Verstappen Supericance It happened on June 30, 2024 in the Austria GPinstance where in Tour 64 of the Grand prize and after several failed attempts Lando Norris for snatching the leadership, Max Verstappen He stopped braking and, defending aggressively abroad in curve 3, ended up closing the British against the edge.
The British, frustrated by the endurance From his rival, he did not give in and both cars touched slightly, which caused punctures in both cars. Although the branch They determined that the fault went from Verstappen and imposed a penalty of 10 seconds and they took 2 points from his Superliccence.
Subsequently, 2 points were removed again Verstappen during the Mexico GP on October 27, 2024, and after losing the leadership in front of Carlos Sainz On Tour 9, Max was pressured again by Lando Norrisits main rival for the title. In curve 4, Norris He tried to advance abroad, but although he avoided contact, he was forced to get out of track for the aggressive defense of Verstappen.
The British cut the curve, rejoined ahead of Sainz And, in a sports gesture, he returned the position both to him and Verstappen. However, Max Not only did he recover his place, but he pushed again Norris Out of track in a quick left curve, he also leaving with the four wheels beyond the white line, so he took two points.
The maneuver in the Brazilian GP
In the Brazilian GP of November 2, 2024, Max He lost points again in his Superliccence After challenging Oscar Piestri for second place at the end of the Safety Car In the last laps.
The Dutch anticipated the green flag, so he received a penalty of 5 seconds and the subtraction of 1 point.
So, in the GP the Qatar of November 30, 2024 was the event where ‘Mad Max’ lost 1 more point after driving extremely slow in the classification in the Portuguese circuit, where the FIA He did not forgive and continued subtracting units from his superlicnce.
Finishing the year 2024, the ABU Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen caused a collision with Oscar Plastri In the first round of the circuit, at which time he received a penalty of 10 seconds and subtracts it from two more points.
This has to be resolved as P1 for Oscar Piastri or more than 5-seconds penalty for Verstappen.
Piastri already overtook Max before the corner. And it has to be resolved ASAP. #SaudiArabianGP pic.twitter.com/aq2UxZdX9Z
— Maxx | F1newsletter.com (@F1_Newsletter) April 20, 2025
Finally, what happened with George Russell in the Barcelona GPinstance where Verstappen Deliberately collided to Mercedesthe punishment of 2 points less was imposed on his Superliccencecausing that now, Max Just have the support of a single unit.
Verstappen literally ramming into Russell. pic.twitter.com/aptK9e2WPY
– Deni (@fiagirly) June 1, 2025
An unfortunate scenario for the excellent pilot who is on the verge of losing the authorization of his Superliccence. 1 less point and will be suspended by a Grand prize in F1.
