Within the round-up: Haas workforce principal Ayao Komatsu admitted Kevin Magnussen has been too aggressive at instances after he acquired a one-race ban.
Briefly
Magnussen will return after serving ban
Magnussen will miss the subsequent spherical in Azerbaijan after turning into the primary System 1 driver to earn an automated race ban for gathering 12 penalty factors on his licence. Komatsu stated he accepted the stewards’ choice.
“Kev races exhausting, he races aggressively and in some events the penalty he had, perhaps he was too aggressive,” Komatsu informed Viaplay. “And this time round he was making an attempt exhausting after which locked up after which put Gasly off the monitor. So he received a penalty, I settle for that.”
Nevertheless Komatsu stated Magnussen “drove a implausible race” to make sure he nonetheless scored a degree after his 10-second time penalty was utilized. He additionally confirmed Magnussen will return to the automotive to finish the season after serving his ban.
Ferrari’s weak spot now a power – Vasseur
Ferrari workforce principal Frederic Vasseur stated Charles Leclerc’s victory within the Italian Grand Prix utilizing a one-stop technique exhibits the workforce have made their tyre administration right into a power.
“Final yr tyre administration was our greatest weak spot whereas now I believe it’s one of many benefits we have now with this automotive,” he stated.
“It was already the case final week in Zandvoort and now we’re fairly constant by way of race tempo to the purpose that we did suppose it could be a two-stop however then we noticed very low degradation within the second stint and we modified our technique accordingly and Charles had the race beneath management on a regular basis. It was a threat, however generally you must take dangers and right now it labored.”
Mini disqualified after dropping title
Gabriele Mini’s disappointment at dropping the System 3 championship on the final nook of yesterday’s finale was compounded when he was disqualified from the race. The stewards discovered Mini’s entrance and rear tyres had been under the minimal allowed stress.
Leonardo Fornaroli’s championship victory, which he initially appeared to safe with a last-lap move on Christian Mansell, is unaffected by the choice. He was promoted to second place, equalling his greatest results of the season.
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