At present’s announcement by Haas confirms Kevin Magnussen will begin simply 12 extra grands prix for them earlier than transferring on on the finish of the season.
These will be the last half-dozen rounds of Magnussen’s Method 1 profession. And he embarks upon them realizing he’s at larger threat of gathering a ban than anybody.
Magnussen has amassed 10 penalty factors on his licence within the area of simply 5 rounds earlier this yr. Since then he’s felt prone to gathering a ban for “a really minor factor.”
Three of Magnussen’s penalties got here for collisions involving different drivers. He was additionally, unusually, given three penalty factors for repeatedly leaving the observe and gaining a bonus whereas attempting to maintain Lewis Hamilton behind him throughout the dash race in Miami.
The upshot is 2 extra penalty factors over any of the remaining rounds will set off a ban for Magnussen. He’s averted gathering any within the six rounds since then, regardless of being concerned in one other collision in Monaco which triggered a race-stopping shunt, nevertheless it’s straightforward to see from the penalties different drivers have incurred throughout that point how tough issues might get for Magnussen.
Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Magnussen’s group mate Nico Hulkenberg every picked up two penalty factors for incidents in Austria. Esteban Ocon had the identical in Monaco.
All these have been for collisions or incidents involving different drivers. However talking on the earlier spherical Magnussen stated the specter of a ban gained’t make any distinction to how he approaches wheel-to-wheel racing.
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“It doesn’t make sense,” stated Magnussen in response to a query from RaceFans. “I’ve this example for the remainder of the yr.”
“I’ve to simply go and race as greatest as I can, to my greatest means and never change something due to that scenario,” he defined. “I believe that’s going to be higher general over the season than holding again on a regular basis, ensuring that I don’t get a race ban.
“It’s higher to simply go for it after which if I get a race ban, I get a race ban.”
It stays to be seen whether or not Magnussen will be capable to discover a place with one other Method 1 group subsequent yr. This isn’t the primary time his F1 profession has seemingly reached an finish: Haas dropped him on the finish of 2020, following which he raced in IMSA and likewise made a one-off look for McLaren in IndyCar.
Magnussen has usually praised the strategy to driving self-discipline he encountered whereas racing in America. “Within the US they’ve this strategy that they only let the drivers race and it really works,” he stated.
“It’s not prefer it’s going loopy over there since you go over there and also you simply come again to how I used to be racing in karting again within the day the place there wasn’t actually all these particular guidelines about all the pieces and it simply sort of labored out naturally and the racing was nice.”
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Whereas the times seemingly counting down till the top of his F1 profession, it will be little shock to see Magnussen heading again to race within the US.
How Magnussen reached 10 penalty factors
| Occasion | Session | Infringement | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Race | Collided with Alexander Albon | 3 |
| Chinese language Grand Prix | Race | Collided with Yuki Tsunoda | 2 |
| Miami Grand Prix | Dash race | Leaving the observe and gaining a long-lasting benefit | 3 |
| Miami Grand Prix | Race | Collided with Logan Sargeant | 2 |
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