However, it’s clear that besides the standard fee the driver also needs to pay for every point he makes in that season.Ferrari's early dire form has thrown off hopes of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel making a credible challenge for the title, but the midfield battle is shaping up beautifully with drivers from Racing Point and McLaren scrapping it out behind the main pack.Ĭheck out the full driver standings so far in the 2020 calendar. The exact amount of this fee isn’t clear. The FIA charges an annual fee for the Super License.
The issuing of penalty points is not subject to reprimands being issued as a pre-requisite. When a driver accumulates 12 or more penalty points in a 12 month period they will receive a one-race ban for the next event they are scheduled to participate in and a reserve driver may not be substituted in their place. When a driver accumulated three reprimands over the course of a season the FIA may impose penalty points.
The FIA has a series of sanctions that can be placed on a driver’s Super Licence which are in the form of reprimands and penalty points. This means that the FIA can revoke the Super License at any moment the first year if they feel that the driver doesn’t meet the requirements to maintain his Super License. When the driver receives his Super License it will come with a probation period of one year. So there are many routes to get the required points. But the driver can also win the Formula 3 to get 30 points and win the Formula Academy what gives 5 points each to accumulate the 40 points needed. World Series Formula V8 3.5 (folded 2017, expires post-2020)įIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE ProįIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE AmįIA Karting Continental Championships SeniorįIA Karting Continental Championships JuniorĪs you can see above the numbers one, two and three in Formula 2 acquire enough points for a Super License. GP3 Series (folded 2018, expires post-2021)įIA World Endurance Championship with a LMP2 SeriesĮuropean Formula 3 Championship (folded 2018, expires post-2021)įIA World Endurance Championship with a LMP1
The driver should already hold a Grade A competition license. This must be completed no more than 180 days before their application. Super License points are rewarded based on the position of the driver when a season ends. The bar isn’t set unnecessarily high for example, anyone who finishes in the top three in Formula 2 automatically qualifies.
Accumulated at least 40 points over the previous three seasons in any combination of the single-seater Championships reported in Supplement 1 of the regulationsīeginning in the 2019 Formula One season the FIA introduced a requirement for drivers participating in free practice sessions to hold a stand-alone Free Practice Only Super Licence. He recovered to take the final point for tenth place.
The driver should have completed at least 80% off two full seasons in any single-seater Championships.