Haas driver Oliver Bearman moved perilously close to a mandatory one-race ban on Sunday after being handed two penalty points for causing a collision with Williams' Carlos Sainz at the Italian Grand Prix.
Sainz and Bearman were fighting for position and on Lap 40 the Spaniard attempted a move at the Roggia chicane, but the Briton tagged him and sent both cars into a spin.
Bearman was handed a ten-second time penalty, in addition to the two penalty points, which meant he finished the race in 12th. Sainz was 11th at the chequered flag.
The points took his tally for the 12-month period to 10, with 12 triggering a ban.
The Briton now needs to keep a clean slate for the next four Formula 1 races, with the first of his penalty points expiring in November after the Mexican Grand Prix.
Bearman made his Haas debut in Azerbaijan a year ago after Danish driver Kevin Magnussen was handed a one-race ban for reaching 12 penalty points.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, Additional reporting by GrandPrix247)
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