Fernando Alonso has offered a sympathetic view towards Kevin Magnussen following his race ban.
Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points on his licence following an incident with Alpine’sThis is the first time since the introduction of penalty points in 2014 that a driver has been handed a one-race suspension.“Someone told me he got a 10 seconds penalty. I'm a bit surprised for that because he tried, but it was a bit of wheel to wheel and in the end I really didn't lose any time. I'm a bit surprised,” he said.
“I hope somehow they can revert on that because that will would be definitely unfair. I'll be happy to do- I'll see what I can do. That will feel very unfair for the incident that it was.”He said after the race on Sunday: “100%. 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.
“And 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, all these kind of things. I mean, this is part of racing. “This is a drive-through. This is a five-second penalty. I understand the racing penalties, but the safety penalties are a little bit harder to understand.”
Haas have yet to announce Magnussen’s replacement, with Oliver Bearman the favourite to replace him for Baku.
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