F1 teams to debate rule-change to harsher penalties for cutting the track

Antics like Kevin Magnussen's in Miami could be punished more harshly in 🅘future

Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Miami Grand Prix, Miami, Florida, USA, Sprint and
Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Miami Grand Prix, Miami,…

F1 teams will reportedly discuss a rule-change at Imola to bring in to༒ugher pena𝓡lties for drivers who deliberately cut the track.

Haas’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen drew criticism in Miami for his aggressive defens🌠ive tactics.

Magnussen was hiꦿt with three 10-second time penalties for leaving the track and gaining an advantage by keeping Lewis Hamilton behind him.

He also received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track again ღfor no reason.

Magnussen later 🐼admitted his methods were to bolster teammate Nico Hulkenberg’s hopes of scoring points.

The FIA wants to bring in harsher penalties to prevent F1 drivers repeating Magnussen’s antics,&n๊bsp;report.

A drive-through - forcing the driver to pit and give up his position within ﷽two laps of his offence - is on the table.

The tougher penalty would be dished out when a driver offends repeatedly, and stewards suspect he is doing it intentional🎉ly.

It will be a topic of discussion between teams, stewards and the FIA at Friday’s team managers’ meeting at th♌e F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

Karun Chandhok criticised Magnussen’s tactics in Miami: “When you are running off the track and taking the other car with you, it’s not parti♌cularly sporting.

“You’ve got to play the game. But you’ve als꧑o got to be fair to the other competitors.”

Magn🌞ussen was also criticised his former boss Guenther Steiner: 💜“It has to be fair play. You can be aggressive, but we’ve seen this game for the second time [Jeddah also].

“As a driver, you can’t be proud if you ruin someone else’s r🍰ace.”

Martin Brundle’s assessment was: “He put up a supremely aggressive defence against H𓆉amilton in the Sprint, sometimes over the limit but nevertheless applauded even by Hamilton.

"But in the race Magnussen's crash wiꦛth Sargean♏t was just silly and unnecessary.”

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