Schumacher Handed Ten Place Grid Drop Ahead Of Japanese Grand Prix

German Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher has been given a ten-place grid penalty ahead of the next Grand Prix at Suzuka in Japan after stewards in Singapore ruled that Schumacher was to blame for the dramatic crash which took out Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.

'Schumi' was ruled to have misjudged the braking point of Turn 14, just after the safety car restart. The impact left Mercedes confused and removed Toro Rosso's Vergne from a points-paying position. After the race, 'der Rekordmeister' had put the incident down to a technical problem.

An FIA report reads: 'The driver (Schumacher) admitted the collision was his error due to the failure to anticipate the braking performance of the car with lower tyre grip following a Safety Car period. The penalty takes into account that this is the second similar offence by the driver this season (after hitting Bruno Senna in Spain)

2024 F1 Championship Standings (as of April 21)

P	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	110
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	85
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	76
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	69
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	58
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	38
7	George Russell	Mercedes	33
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	31
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	19
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	9
11	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	7
12	Oliver Bearman	Ferrari	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	4
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	0
16	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	0
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	0
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	0
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	0
21	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber	0

P	Team	Points
1	Oracle Red Bull Racing	195
Poles: 5 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 4
2	Scuderia Ferrari HP	151
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1
3	McLaren F1 Team	96
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
4	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	52
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
5	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	40
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
6	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	7
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	5
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	Williams Racing	0
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	BWT Alpine F1 Team	0
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	0
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0

2024 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of April 14)

P	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jorge Martin	Pramac Racing	80
2	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo	59
3	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	56
4	Pedro Acosta	GASGAS Tech3	54
5	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo	50
6	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM	49
7	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia Racing	39
8	Marc Marquez	Gresini Racing	36
9	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46	25
10	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM	22
11	Marco Bezzecchi	Pertamina Enduro VR46	20
12	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha	19
13	Alex Marquez	Gresini Racing	14
14	Miguel Oliveira	Trackhouse Racing	13
15	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda	7
16	Raul Fernandez	Trackhouse Racing	7
17	Augusto Fernandez	GASGAS Tech3	7
18	Johann Zarco	LCR Honda Castrol	5
19	Alex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha	3
20	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	2
21	Luca Marini	Repsol Honda	0
22	Franco Morbidelli	Pramac Racing	0

P	Team	Points
1	Ducati Lenovo Team	109
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1
2	Aprilia Racing	95
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 1
3	Prima Pramac Racing	80
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 1
4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	71
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
5	Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	61
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
6	Gresini Racing MotoGP	50
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	45
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	22
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Trackhouse Racing	20
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	Repsol Honda Team	7
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
11	LCR Honda Team	7
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0