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

List o♌f voices criticising the decision to ban Kevin Magnussen is getting longer

Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen’s ban for one F1 grand prix has attracted criticism.

The ⛎Haas driver will miss next week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku🎶 after a misdemeanour at Monza.

Magnussen is the firs꧅t F1 driver since Romain Grosjean in 2012 t𒊎o 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 Grand Prix.

Because Magnussen was already on 10 penalty points, he🤡 has hit the threshold of 12 - which warrants a one-race ba♐n.

“This se💦ems harsh,”  broadcaster Martin Brundle insist🐻ed.

“Points should only be applied to very serious driving misdemeanours, and oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtherwise the time penalt🀅y itself should suffice.”

Magnussen is the fi🌄rst F1 driver to receive a race ban since 🍌the introduction of penalty points in 2014.

Ga𝓰sly, involved in the inciden༺t at Monza with Magnussen, also disagreed with the decision to ban him.

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

“I hope somehow they can revert on that because that will would be definite🔯lꦓy unfair.

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

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

“A couple of those p﷽oints that he accumulated, I’m not sure…

“I don’t have the list here. But sometimes it’s just pi𒁏t lane, white line, unsafe re🌳leases, all these kind of things.

“I mean, this is part of racing.”

Alonso said about Magnussen’s in🦹cident at Monza: “This is a drive-through. This is a five-second penaltꦓy.

“I understand th🙈e racing penalties, but the safety penalties are a little bit harder to understand.”

Haꦇas driver Magnussen knows his F1 career is drawing to a close.

Haas h♔ave named Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman as their 2025 F1 driver line-u💃p.

While current Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg will move to Sauber, Magnussওen has nowhere to go.

The only two vacant seats for🍸 next year - at Sauber and RB - are likely to be filled by other drivꦦers.

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

Haas haven’t yet named their replacement 𓄧for Magnussen in Baku, but Beꦰarman 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 joins perma🃏nently next season.

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