It was an eventful Italian Grand Prix for the Haas staff, with each Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg receiving 10-second time penalties for separate incidents – leaving Magnussen particularly sad together with his punishment, one which in the end resulted in him receiving a race ban.
The Dane had been battling with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly after they made contact down the within of Flip 4, an incident that the stewards subsequently deemed Magnussen to be “wholly accountable for”.
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As such, the 31-year-old was handed a 10-second time penalty together with two penalty factors on his licence, which takes his complete as much as 12 factors. Given {that a} driver receives a one-race ban ought to they accumulate 12 factors over a 12-month interval, Magnussen shall be pressured to overlook the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Talking previous to his ban being confirmed, Magnussen mirrored positively on his race – by which he scored some extent in tenth place – however was essential in regards to the penalty he had obtained.
“[I’m] proud of our race,” the Haas driver defined. “I don’t know what’s happening with these penalties. I imply, what’s the purpose? We had a slight contact into Flip 4, no harm on both automobile. It had no consequence, no one misplaced something.
“We each missed the nook however, hey, we’re racing. I simply don’t get the purpose, actually. I noticed Nico nearly had 300km/h, nearly hit the barrier with the contact with [Daniel] Ricciardo and he [Ricciardo] bought 5 seconds. I bought 10 seconds for this.
