Kevin Magnussen had his one-race ban confirmed by the FIA after selecting up extra penalty factors on the Italian Grand Prix.
The Dane was handed a 10s time penalty and two penalty factors for inflicting a collision with Pierre Gasly, with the contact between the 2 on the second chicane seeing each miss the nook however proceed. Magnussen has been strolling a tightrope on 10 penalty factors for various months — with 12 inside a 12-month interval triggering a ban — and the 2 given to him in Monza led to his Tremendous License being suspended for the following race in Baku.
“On the method to Flip 4, Automobile No. 20 tried to overhaul Automobile No. 10 on the within,” the stewards’ rationalization learn. “Whereas Automobile No. 20 had its entrance axle previous the mirror of Automobile No. 10, the Driving Requirements Pointers specify that an overtaking automobile has to ‘be pushed in a protected and managed method all through the maneuver.’
“The stewards decided that this was not the case for Automobile No. 20 and therefore the driving force was wholly in charge for the collision and therefore the usual penalty and penalty factors are allotted.”
Following that rationalization, a separate doc from the stewards confirmed: “The Tremendous License of the driving force of Automobile No. 20 is suspended for the following competitors of the 2024 FIA Components One World Championship.
“Following this suspension, 12 penalty factors will likely be eliminated.”
Haas is prone to promote reserve driver Oliver Bearman — who will substitute Magnussen on the staff in 2025 — into the seat in Azerbaijan, though that’s pending last approval from Ferrari staff principal Fred Vasseur as he’s a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and was because of race in Components 2 that weekend.
