Martin Brundle joins increasing criticism of FIA race ban for Kevin Magnussen

List of voices criticising the decision to ban Kevin Magnussen is getti🐼ng lon๊ger

Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen’s ban for one F1 grand prix has attracted criticism.

The Haas driver willᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ miss next week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku after a misdemeanour at Monza.

Magnussen is the first F1 driver sinc🌟e Romain ꦰGrosjean in 2012 to incur a race ban.

♌He was hit by the FIA with a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points for causing contact with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly at the Italian Gra🔴nd Prix.

Because Ma🐓gnussen was already on 10 penalty points, he has hit the threshold of 12 - which warrants a one-race ban♑.

“This se꧃ems harsh,”  broadcaster Martin Brun꧙dle insisted.

“Points should only be applie𒊎d to very serious driving misdemeanours, and🥃 otherwise the time penalty itself should suffice.”

Magnussen is the first F1 driver to recei♚ve a race ban since the introduct𓆏ion of penalty points in 2014.

Gasly, involved in the incident at Monza wℱith Magnussen, also disagreed with the decision to ban him.

“I'm a bit surprised for that because he tried, but itꦓ was a bit of wheel to wheel and in the end I really didn't lose any t🦩ime,” Gasly reacted. “I'm a bit surprised.

“I hope somehow they can revert o🐲n that because that will would be definitely unfair.

“I'll see what I ca𒁏n do. That will feel very unfair🎉 for the incident that it was.”

Fernando Alonso also chimed in: “Penalty points, as we’ve discussed many times, should be for danger♏ous driving, something that is a danger for the sport and for the others.

“A couple of those points th😼at he accumulated, I’m n🔯ot sure…

“I don’t have the list here. But sometimes it’s just ღpit lane, white line, unsafꦺe releases, all these kind of things.

“I mean, this is part of racing.”

Alons🥃o said about Magnussen’s incident at Monza: “This is a drive-through. This is a five-second penalty.

“I understand the racinཧg penalties, but the safety penalties are a little bit harder to understand.”

Haas driver Magnussen knows his F🧔1 career is drawing to a close.

Haas have named Esteban Ocon and O🎃llie Bearman as their 2025 F1 driver line-up.

While current Haas driver Nico Hul🍌kenberg will move to Sauber,♐ Magnussen has nowhere to go.

The only two vacantꦉ seats for next year - at Saub✤er and RB - are likely to be filled by other drivers.

It means that Magnussen’s likely final F1 season will include the dubious honour✃ of a Baku race ban.

Haas haven’t yet named𒈔 their replacement for Magnussen iꦺn Baku, but Bearman is an obvious choice.

The British teenager deputised for Carlos Sainz♚, driving for Ferrari in Saudi Arabia, earlier this year 🌺which went a long way to earning him the full-time Haas race drive for 2025.

A second, unexpected run-out is likely now for Bearman before he jo🎉ins permanently next season.

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