Kevin Magnussen is doubtlessly another incident away from a System 1 race ban after a sequence of controversial strikes on observe by the Haas driver through the Miami GP weekend.
Race stewards in Miami imposed 5 penalty factors on Magnussen’s superlicence through the course of the occasion in Florida – doubling his present complete to 10.
Drivers face an automated one-race suspension in the event that they accrue 12 penalty factors throughout a rolling 12-month interval.
Problematically for Magnussen, all 10 of his present factors have been earned within the first six races of this season, which started in March.
He gained the primary three of his factors for a collision with Williams’ Alex Albon on the Saudi Arabian GP on March 9.
These three factors is not going to expire till March 9 subsequent yr – the week earlier than the beginning of the 2025 season.
To keep away from a ban, Magnussen due to this fact wants to ensure he doesn’t decide up two penalty factors within the 18 races that stay of the 2024 marketing campaign.
Drivers discovered predominantly or wholly at fault for incidents equivalent to collisions between drivers on observe often obtain two or three penalty factors.
No driver has reached the 12-point restrict to set off an automated ban because the system was launched in 2014.
How Magnussen’s depressing Miami performed out
Magnussen discovered himself in sizzling water with stewards in each the 19-lap Dash and the principle Grand Prix on the wall-lined Miami Worldwide Autodrome.
On Saturday, he was handed three penalty factors for repeatedly leaving the observe and gaining a bonus whereas attempting to defend from Lewis Hamilton as a way to forestall the Mercedes from chasing down team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, working seventh, forward.
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Lewis Hamilton loses a spot to Yuki Tsunoda after Kevin Magnussen goes off the observe to defend his place
In a frank admission after the Dash to Sky Sports activities F1, Magnussen stated: “All of the penalties had been effectively deserved – little question about it. However I needed to play the [team] recreation once more.
“I began utilizing these silly ways which I do not like doing, however on the finish of the day I did my job as a workforce participant and Nico scored his factors as a result of I received that hole for him so Lewis and Tsunoda could not catch him.
“Not the best way I wish to go racing in any respect, but it surely was what I needed to do.”
Magnussen later confronted the stewards on a cost of alleged unsportsmanlike behaviour, though Hamilton was relaxed concerning the incidents, saying: “That is what you do to work as a workforce, so bravo.”
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Haas’ Kevin Magnussen says he did his job as a workforce participant after creating a niche for team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, which price him three penalties through the Miami Dash
On Sunday, Magnussen was then discovered to be “wholly accountable” for the collision with Logan Sargeant at Flip Three which despatched the Williams in to the boundaries and triggered the lap-29 Security Automotive.
Stewards imposed a 10-second time penalty on Magnussen along with two additional superlicence factors.
He was finally labeled nineteenth and final within the grand prix with 20s added to his closing race time for an additional guidelines transgression, this time dedicated by the workforce, when they didn’t change tyres after they pitted him underneath the Security Automotive amid front-wing harm to his automobile from the Sargeant conflict.
“It wasn’t day, once more,” admitted Magnussen, who’s hoping to retain his seat at Haas for subsequent season.
“Hopefully I can get some readability on issues going ahead. What occurred as we speak, in fact it isn’t good, however nonetheless, we attempt to transfer on and have a greater weekend subsequent weekend.”
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