Kevin Magnussen has found an unexpected ally in Pierre Gasly, who, despite being the driver he collided with at Monza, has called on the stewards to rescind the Haas driver’s penalty points.
Magnussen moved onto 12 penalty points at Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix and has to serve a one-race ban, sitting out the next race in Baku.
Kevin Magussen’s race ban is ‘definitely unfair’ says Pierre Gasly
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher and Sam Cooper
Racing for a points finish at Monza, Magnussen was handed a 10-second time penalty for being “wholly to blame” for a collision with Gasly at the Roggia Chicane.
The two went into the chicane side-by-side but minor contact meant neither made the corner.
Magnussen’s day went from bad to worse as the Haas driver was later slapped with two penalty points on his Super Licence, bringing his tally to 12 in a 12 month period. That triggered an automatic one-race ban that he will serve in Azerbaijan.
Magnussen questioned the “logic” in the penalty as it left him “completely confused”.
Explaining his side, he told the media including PlanetF1.com: “Me and Gasly raced hard into Turn 4, we have slight contact. We both missed the corner, came back on track again, no damage to either car, no consequence to the race of either of us, and I get a penalty.”
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