The top offenders and cleanest teams from Season 4 so far have been revealed, with Sebastien Schneiter’s Switzerland taking the title as the most penalized team.
So far, a total of 83 penalties have been dished out across the first six events of Season 4, including a total of 34 Part 2 (boat on boat penalties). Elsewhere, 17 early start OCS penalties have been dished out, as well as 32 boundary penalties, which punish teams for straying beyond the course limits.
![Season 4 // Penalty leaderboard Dubai - Switzerland graphic](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/5sWnKlo7d9RvSwiqcOA7AM/350f4ec58ea8f5e3cf37c886468d3635/S4_PenaltyLeaderboard_16x9.jpg)
The Swiss are currently the top offending team of the season so far, picking up a total of 16 penalties, followed by Canada and Germany, which have 12 apiece.
Key penalty moments from Season 4 so far include the moment Germany collided with Switzerland on the start line of LA’s 4th fleet race, earning them a four-point penalty and two season point deduction.
Elsewhere, Canada picked up a devastating 8 event point penalty and 4-point deduction from its season score after colliding with Spain in Saint-Tropez.
Then, in an incident labelled ‘payback for Saint-Tropez’ by SailGP’s commentators, Spain was docked 4 event points and 2 points from their overall season score for hitting a mark in Cadiz.
By contrast, Nicolai Sehested’s ROCKWOOL DEN is currently the lowest penalized team, picking up just three penalties so far this season.
![Season 4 // Canada, ROCKWOOL DEN and Germany underway in Dubai](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/7IGPBsJMS6TtpyJwYIeHc2/65d4192d99d52a24f4f1d9f8d5623654/BB306109.jpg)
When it came to calling for penalties however, the USA has so far been the most active on the protest button. The team has so far protested against other teams a total of 34 times - significantly higher than Canada in second place with 23 protests.
As well as being the least penalized team, ROCKWOOL DEN protested the least out of the 10-boat fleet, pressing the protest button just 7 times across the 6-events so far.