Kevin Magnussen had his one-race ban confirmed by the FIA after selecting up extra penalty factors on the Italian Grand Prix.
The Dane was handed a 10s time penalty and two penalty factors for inflicting a collision with Pierre Gasly, with the contact between the 2 on the second chicane seeing each miss the nook however proceed. Magnussen has been strolling a tightrope on 10 penalty factors for a lot of months — with 12 inside a 12-month interval triggering a ban — and the 2 given to him in Monza led to his Tremendous License being suspended for the subsequent race in Baku.
“On the strategy to Flip 4, Automotive No. 20 tried to overhaul Automotive No. 10 on the within,” the stewards’ clarification learn. “Whereas Automotive No. 20 had its entrance axle previous the mirror of Automotive No. 10, the Driving Requirements Tips specify that an overtaking automotive has to ‘be pushed in a secure and managed method all through the maneuver.’
“The stewards decided that this was not the case for Automotive No. 20 and therefore the driving force was wholly accountable for the collision and therefore the usual penalty and penalty factors are allotted.”
Following that clarification, a separate doc from the stewards confirmed: “The Tremendous License of the driving force of Automotive No. 20 is suspended for the subsequent competitors of the 2024 FIA Components One World Championship.
“Following this suspension, 12 penalty factors shall be eliminated.”
Haas is more likely to promote reserve driver Oliver Bearman — who will change Magnussen on the group in 2025 — into the seat in Azerbaijan, though that’s pending last approval from Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur as he’s a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and was because of race in Components 2 that weekend.
