Overview

• Max Verstappen sits on 11 of the 12 allowable penalty points, meaning a single further infraction in Canada or Austria would trigger an automatic one-race ban.
• Red Bull has already submitted an exemption request under the FIA’s 17-year-old superlicence clause, aiming to fast-track Arvid Lindblad’s move from Formula 2 to Formula 1.
• The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council is set to review the Lindblad application at its Extraordinary General Assemblies and Conference in Macau next Tuesday.
• Approval would place Lindblad at the top of Red Bull’s contingency list, with Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson and reserve driver Ayumu Iwasa as fallback options.
• Team advisor Helmut Marko has described a potential Verstappen ban as ‘catastrophic’, and Red Bull has ruled out bringing back former drivers like Daniel Ricciardo or Sergio Pérez.