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12 penalty points over a 12-month period = race ban.

"This article will also be updated over the 2022 season, so be sure to bookmark it as your one-stop place for all penalty points news and updates. New penalty points will be highlighted in orange."
https://wtf1.com/post/why-does-each-driver-have-their-penalty-points/

UPDATE: 18 Oct 2025 – new link:
https://racingnews365.com/penalty-points-f1-drivers
Status on July 11, 2022 (alphabetical order):
ALB: 6 | ALO: 6 | BOT: 3 | GAS: 7 | HAM: 2
LAT: 1 | LEC: 0 | MAG: 2 | NOR: 1 | OCO: 4
PER: 1 | RIC: 2 | RUS: 3 | SAI: 0 | SCH: 0
STR: 7 | TSU: 6 | VER: 7 | VET: 1 | ZHO: 3
Status on October 10, 2022 (alphabetical order):
ALB: 6 | ALO: 4 | BOT: 1 | GAS: 6 | HAM: 0
LAT: 3 | LEC: 1 | MAG: 3 | NOR: 1 | OCO: 5
PER: 2 | RIC: 4 | RUS: 2 | SAI: 0 | SCH: 0
STR: 5 | TSU: 8 | VER: 5 | VET: 2 | ZHO: 4
12 penalty points = race ban

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Spanish GP qualies: no penalty points awarded to Gasly (currently 8 penalty points) for impeding Sainz (3-places grid drop) and Verstappen (3-places grid drop) nor for Russell (currently 6 penalty points) for causing a collision (warning).

12 penalty points = race ban.