Drivers defend suspended Magnussen: 'I'd go to the stewards myself...'
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Kevin Magnussen made contact with Pierre Gasly into Turn 4 at the Italian Grand Prix. For that maneouvre, the Haas driver got a 10-second time penalty, however, with that he also now reached 12 penalty points, therefore, he has to serve a one-race ban at the Azerbaijan GP. Gasly and also Fernando Alonso reacted to the Dane's suspension.
Magnussen 10-second penalty came from the incident with Gasly. According to the Frenchman, that the Haas driver got such a penalty was already a surprise. "Someone told me he got 10 seconds penalty. I'm a bit surprised by that because he tried, but it was a bit of wheel to wheel, and I didn't really didn’t lose any time. I'm a bit surprised," he told GPblog and others in Monza.
About Magnussen's ban he added: "I hope somehow they can revert on that because that would be definitely unfair. I'd be happy to [go to the stewards to revert the ban]. First, I learned that I got a drug test, so I'm going to waste an hour. And then after I'll see what happens. I'll see what I can do. But that would feel very unfair for the incident that it was in."
Alonso also agrees with angry Magnussen
Throughout the season, Fernando Alonso has voiced his problems with the stewards multiple times already. "100% [I symphatise with Magnussen]. Because, I mean, penalty points, as we've discussed many times, should be for dangerous driving, something that is a danger for the sport and for the others. I think a couple of those points that he accumulated, I'm not sure, I don't have the list here, but sometimes it's just pit lane white line, unsafe releases," he began to GPblog and others as well.
The two-time world champion added. "All these kind of things that are a part of racing. This is a drive-through, this is a five-second penalty, I understand the racing penalties, but the safety penalties is a little bit harder to understand."
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