科拉平托阿塞拜疆站撞车处罚暴露F1扣分制度盲区
阿尔派车手科拉平托在阿塞拜疆大奖赛失控撞上队友加斯利、连带终结诺里斯的比赛后仅被判10秒时间罚单加下一站马来西亚后退五位发车，而处罚中竟没有扣分，引发对现行罚分制度是否仍然适用的质疑。
弗朗哥·科拉平托在阿塞拜疆大奖赛中撞毁两辆赛车所受的处罚，暴露了为什么一级方程式的罚分制度已经不再适用。
科拉平托因失去对阿尔派赛车的控制、直撞队友皮埃尔·加斯利，而后者又连带终结了兰多·诺里斯的迈凯伦的比赛，被处以罚时10秒的处罚。
由于他已退赛，这一处罚无法执行，因此科拉平托将在下一站马来西亚大奖赛中接受发车退后五位的处罚。
这虽然不是诺里斯所呼吁的禁赛处罚，但正如大多数其他一级方程式车手所认同的那样，禁赛对于一次孤立事件来说会是过于极端的惩罚。
正如比赛冠军拉塞尔在被问到对科拉平托处以禁赛一场是否公平时所说，“这是一个小错误却造成了严重后果”，所以禁赛一场会“太过严厉”。
不过，考虑到科拉平托的错误终结了另外两位车手的比赛，仅仅罚退五位发车可能又太轻了。
但干事对科拉平托/加斯利/诺里斯事件判罚中最引人注目的一点，是它缺失的东西：没有给予任何罚分。
F1引入罚分制度是为了惩罚屡犯者，累计12分将触发禁赛。
凯文·马格努森成为首位累计达到12分门槛并被禁赛的车手，他被禁止参加2024年阿塞拜疆大奖赛。而像奥利·比尔曼、马克斯·维斯塔潘和皮埃尔·加斯利等人在某些时候都曾离这一门槛只差一到两分。
车手们达成了共识：这套系统并没有起到应有的作用。上面提到的那些车手都不该被禁赛，而且罚分往往是因为相当轻微的违规行为就被记上的。
但现在感觉似乎出现了矫枉过正的情况。
2026赛季已经进行了15站比赛，却没有任何一名车手因为引发碰撞而被记罚分。罚分仅仅因为违反黄旗规则或安全车规则而被记上。
科拉平托肯定没有故意造成事故的意图，但很难理解为什么这一行为没有被判定为鲁莽或危险。
这引出了一个问题：如果科拉平托在马来西亚做出同样的事情，他会只是再吃到一次发车顺位处罚，还是那样就该被记上罚分？
可以说，想要一次事故被记罚分，门槛已经被设得极高了。这开创了一个先例：你可以锁死轮胎并撞毁两辆赛车，却只会得到发车顺位后退的处罚，而不会被记任何罚分。
每场比赛的干事都可以使用全套的处罚手段。罚分并不是导致禁赛的唯一途径——他们甚至可以直接禁止车手参加下一场比赛——但如果直接禁赛才是首选手段，那为什么还要设立罚分制度呢？
把决定权留给发生重大事故那场比赛的干事，而不是采用积分制度，也会让每场比赛的干事人选更加重要。
此前的罚分制度至少意味着干事会对其面前的每一起事故进行裁决并给出正确的罚分。如果一名车手累计达到12分，那是多场比赛中不同干事共同决定的结果，而不是仅由触发禁赛的那场比赛的裁判组来决定。
很难找到一套完美的制度。纸面上的罚分制度是个好主意；例如，它可以惩罚那些屡次不尊重黄旗的车手。
但现在，这种制度忽视了导致碰撞的车手，感觉上是一个巨大的盲点。
英文原文
Franco Colapinto's punishment for wiping out two cars in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix exposes why Formula 1's penalty points system is no longer fit for purpose.
Colapinto was handed a 10-second time penalty for losing control of his Alpine and spearing into team-mate Pierre Gasly, who in turn also ended the race of Lando Norris's McLaren.
That penalty couldn't be served because he was out of the race, so Colapinto will serve a five-place grid penalty at the next race in Malaysia instead.
It's not the race ban that Norris called for but, as most other F1 drivers agree, that would be too extreme a punishment for an isolated incident.
As race winner George Russell said when asked if a race ban for Colapinto would be fair, "it was a small error that had a big consequence", so a race ban would be "too harsh".
A simple five-place grid penalty is probably too far the other way, though, considering Colapinto's error ended the race for two other drivers.
But the most striking aspect of the stewards' verdict on the Colapinto/Gasly/Norris incident is the one thing it's missing: the awarding of any penalty points.
F1 introduced a penalty points system to try to punish any repeat offenders, with a total of 12 points triggering a ban.
Kevin Magnussen became the first driver to reach the 12-point threshold, as he was banned from the 2024 Azerbaijan GP. And the likes of Ollie Bearman, Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly have all been one or two points shy of that at certain points.
There was consensus among the drivers that the system wasn't working. None of those drivers deserved a ban and points were being handed out for fairly minor offences.
But it feels like there's now been an overcorrection.
We're 15 rounds into the 2026 season, and not a single penalty point has been handed out to a driver for causing a collision. They've only been awarded for yellow-flag or safety-car breaches.
There was certainly no deliberate intent from Colapinto, but it's hard to see why it wasn't deemed reckless or dangerous.
It begs the question: if Colapinto did the same thing in Malaysia, would he simply get another grid penalty or would that then warrant some penalty points?
You could argue the bar has been set extremely high for an incident to warrant penalty points. It has set the precedent that you can lock-up and wipe out two cars and you won't get a bigger penalty than a grid drop or any penalty points.
A full range of penalties is available to stewards at each race. Penalty points aren't the only route to a ban - they can even suspend drivers from the next race - but if that's the preferred route, then why even have the penalty point system?
Leaving it to the stewards at the race where a major incident took place rather than a points system would also put more emphasis on who the stewards are at each race.
The previous penalty points system at least meant the stewards judged each incident in front of them and awarded the correct penalty points. If a driver reached 12 points, then that was a consequence of the decisions of different stewards at multiple races, not just the stewards panel where a driver triggered a race ban.
It's hard to find a perfect system. The penalty points system on paper is a good idea; it will punish anyone who is repeatedly failing to respect yellow flags, for example.
But right now, the way it ignores drivers causing collisions feels like a huge blind spot.
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