Why Magnussen is racing remainder of 2024 season underneath risk of F1 race ban

The Dane had an incident-filled time in Miami final weekend as he bought concerned in skirmishes in each the dash and the grand prix.

However it was the 2 penalty factors he was given for colliding with Logan Sargeant within the race that has left him with a complete on 10 on his licence – that means he’s simply two away from an automated race ban.

Ought to he hit the mark and earn any extra factors over the rest of the marketing campaign, then he’ll change into the primary driver to fall foul of the totting up course of.

Remarkably, Magnussen had come into the 2024 marketing campaign with no factors on his licence, and all the pieces has been earned since his controversial driving on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix the place he collided with Alex Albon.

With factors staying on a drivers’ licence for a interval of 12 months, it means his first lot won’t be wiped away till March 9, 2025 – which is the week earlier than subsequent 12 months’s season will get underway in Australia.

Magnussen’s 10 penalty factors have been earned from 4 incidents this 12 months. They’re:

SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX – 3 factors
For being wholly or predominantly in charge for a collision with Alex Albon

CHINESE GRAND PRIX – 2 factors
For being predominantly in charge for a crash with RB’s Yuki Tsunoda

MIAMI GRAND PRIX SPRINT – 3 factors
For leaving the monitor and gaining benefit throughout his battle with Lewis Hamilton.

MIAMI GRAND PRIX – 2 factors
For being wholly in charge for a collision with Logan Sargeant

In addition to being given penalty factors, Magnussen’s driving has been underneath the highlight every so often too when he has adopted some strong defending towards rivals in a bid to assist act as a highway block to guard his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg.

In Miami, he was summoned to face allegations of unsportsmanlike behaviour for a way he drove within the dash, however the FIA stewards felt that he had not acted with such unhealthy religion that it warranted a separate sanction.

McLaren group principal Andrea Stella was outspoken, nevertheless, in saying that repeat offences wanted to be handled extra harshly.

“We’ve got a case of behaviour being intentional when it comes to damaging one other competitor and this behaviour is perpetuated throughout the identical race and repeated over the identical season,” Stella mentioned.

“How can penalties be accumulative? They need to be exponential. It’s not 5 plus 5 plus 5 equals 15. 5 plus 5 plus 5 equals possibly it’s essential spend a weekend at residence with your loved ones and replicate in your sportsmanship after which return.”

Nevertheless, being so near a ban signifies that Magnussen could now suppose twice earlier than doing something out of the odd as a result of he is aware of the chance might be actual of the stewards handing him some extra penalty factors.

It might clarify why he was uncharacteristically monosyllabic within the post-race media pen in Miami on Sunday after studying in regards to the penalty he picked up for the Sargeant collision.

Right here is how his dialog went;

What are your ideas on the Logan scenario?
KM: I higher not… higher not remark.

So you aren’t glad?
KM: No.

Do you suppose the penalty was incorrect?
KM: Higher not remark.

So I take it you do not need to touch upon Stella’s feedback about you?
KM: You are proper.

Okay. Do you want some solutions and readability on racing guidelines?
KM: Yeah.