Photo Gallery: These Formula E drivers have racked up the highest total in fines during their careers

Despite the fact that he has been with the team since season 1, Sebastien Buemi only ranks 10th in this list with 16,650 euros. Season 7 was his top season with 3,500 euros. However, the most expensive penalties were not his own fault, but merely related to his car: 2,500 euros each were due for a parc ferme offence in Putrajaya (season 2), a fire extinguisher that was too light in Marrakesh (season 3) and a breach of the night-time curfew in London (season 11).

The world champion from season 7 is in 9th place with 17,700 euros in fines: Nyck de Vries collected a total of 10,700 euros in fines in season 6. 5,000 euros were due there alone for the Dutchman leaving his parked car during the race without first having received permission from the race director.

Pascal Wehrlein is in 8th place with a total of 18,500 euros in fines. Seasons 10 and 11 were the most expensive for him with 5,000 euros each. This is also the highest of his fines - although the German was not at fault here either: At the Mexico City E-Prix in season 11, the race stewards handed out this penalty because the automatic switch-off of the powertrain on Wehrlein's Porsche had not been triggered when he rolled over in Sao Paulo - a software error on the part of the manufacturer.

At 18,600 euros, Mitch Evans is only 100 euros ahead of Wehrlein. The New Zealander was also fined 5,000 euros in season 9. The highest fines of 2,500 euros were incurred in season 9 in Berlin when Evans did not drive his car to the podium after the race, where the top three drivers were supposed to park their cars. The same penalty was imposed for tyre pressure violations in the free practice sessions in Rome (season 9) and Berlin (season 11).

Let's move on to the top 5: Antonio Felix da Costa leads the way with 26,450 euros. However, the Portuguese driver's most expensive season was some time ago: he collected 10,500 euros in fines in season 4, including a fine of 10,000 euros for an unsafe release in qualifying. The Andretti driver at the time drove out of the pits and rammed into Jose-Maria Lopez, who was already in the pit lane.

The driver with the most starts in Formula E is in fourth place: Lucas di Grassi has collected a total of 27,750 euros in fines in his 12 seasons. The most expensive season for him was season 4, although he only received a single fine: the Brazilian was fined 10,000 euros for wearing the wrong underwear at the Punta del Este E-Prix. This was not authorised by the FIA as fireproof underwear. Di Grassi later explained to us that when buckling up after changing cars, which happened in the Gen1 era races, sensitive parts of the driver's body were sometimes crushed, which he wanted to prevent.

A little surprisingly, Andre Lotterer made it onto the podium: The German collected a total of 31,600 euros in fines during his career. Season 4 in particular was record-breaking with a total of 23,500 euros - no driver has received more in a single season. The Santiago E-Prix was particularly expensive this season: 15,000 euros were due because his team had made a modification to the seat belts in order to be able to close them more quickly when changing drivers. Lotterer and Techeetah were relatively unconcerned: the team took the first one-two victory in Formula E history.

Techeetah was not the only team to be caught with a seatbelt modification in season 4 in Santiago: Jerome d'Ambrosio's Dragon was also found to have these modifications. The 15,000 euro fine also contributed to season 4 becoming the most expensive Formula E season of his career for the Belgian, totalling 16,000 euros. In total, the eleven fines during his time as a Formula E driver totalled an impressive 33,500 euros.