F1 2026 penalty points system ignores collision causes

Fifteen rounds into 2026 and not one penalty point has been issued for causing a collision — only for flag and safety-car breaches. That gap matters because the points system exists precisely to catch repeat offenders, and without it, a driver can eliminate two cars and face nothing beyond a grid drop. The article's sharpest observation is about precedent: the stewards have now effectively signalled that locking up and wiping out rivals sits below the threshold for penalty points, which raises an obvious question about what happens if the same driver does it again. The tension isn't really about Colapinto specifically — it's about whether a system that ignores the most consequential category of incident is still doing its job.