{"id":23941,"date":"2024-09-02T07:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=23941"},"modified":"2024-09-02T07:30:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:30:28","slug":"gasly-will-see-what-i-can-do-to-reverse-magnussen-race-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/09\/02\/gasly-will-see-what-i-can-do-to-reverse-magnussen-race-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasly will “see what I can do” to reverse Magnussen race ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Magnussen<\/a> will serve a race ban at the upcoming Baku GP. After reaching the maximum number of penalty points in Monza, the Dane must sit out the seventeenth round of the year. He reached this limit after making contact with Pierre Gasly<\/a> at turn 4. However, the Frenchman does not believe a penalty was necessary.<\/p>\n

Gasly calls for Magnussen penalty to be reversed<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Italian GP is not usually a strong race for Alpine, whose Renault engine often proves a limiting factor. This was the case again last weekend, as the French outfit soon found themselves out of top-10 contention.<\/p>\n

As Kevin Magnussen<\/a> charged the field and climbed into the points, he went side by side with Pierre Gasly. The 31-year-old missed his breaking point and made contact with the Alpine driver.<\/p>\n

Neither driver received any major damage, continuing their duel after Gasly returned to track on the escape road.<\/p>\n

However, the stewards felt their incident was worthy of a penalty – judging that Magnussen was out of control in the braking zone.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media<\/a> post-race, Gasly disagreed with the decision to penalise him:<\/p>\n

“Someone told me he got a 10-second penalty. I’m a bit surprised for that…<\/em><\/p>\n

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