Kevin Magnussen says the FIA’s present penalty factors system is “punishing ridiculous issues” in Components 1, which led to his ban and means “it is not the game I really like” anymore.
The Haas driver is returning to motion on this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix after being compelled to overlook final weekend’s occasion in Baku after hitting F1’s 12-point threshold on racing licences following an incident on the earlier spherical at Monza.
Magnussen had been on the verge of a ban ever since he accrued 10 factors throughout six races in 2024’s preliminary part, however his closing pre-suspension incident triggered controversy because of its delicate nature of an overtake going barely flawed, Alpine‘s Pierre Gasly (who Magnussen hit) sticking up for him and since the Dane turned the primary driver to ever be banned beneath the present system.
In Baku, a number of of his F1 colleagues argued for the system to subsequently be altered, which was relayed to Magnussen as he confronted the media in Singapore on Thursday.
“I have never seen what’s been stated however it’s good if that is the case,” he replied. “My very own opinion is that it is not an excellent scenario for F1 to limit racing in that method. It feels unhealthy when the game you’re keen on a lot adjustments in a method you do not admire.
“I am actually one which… I like laborious racing and I feel that is a giant a part of the fantastic thing about motorsport – the battles and [being] on the restrict and barely over.
“That stability is what makes or breaks your race and in the intervening time it seems like they’re punishing ridiculous issues.
Magnussen sampled IndyCar in 2021 and favours that collection’ method
Photograph by: Artwork Fleischmann
“Personally, as a Components 1 fan, I might prefer to see the game open up once more and simply permitting the nice racing that may be seen on monitor.”
When requested what method he would implement as a substitute – with the FIA understood to be starting the method that might result in its present penalty factors system being reviewed after which altered at 2024’s finish – Magnussen once more steered F1 ought to be trying to emulate IndyCar in relation to policing racing.
“I’ve raced in IndyCar,” Magnussen stated of 1 outing within the collection in 2021. “I’ve watched the races on tv, and I feel they’ve it [right] going over there.
“They’ve unbelievable racing. The drivers are respectful to one another. They’re left with that accountability of their arms, and I feel that works.
“It must be powerful and these automobiles are placed on monitor with the information that they could get broken.
“And, in the event that they do, then the motive force that damages his automotive, he will get penalised naturally. And I feel the one factor that’s completely different in Components 1 to IndyCar are the tracks.
“The tracks are usually not nice for racing. With all this track-limit stuff, I acquired all my penalty factors just about for monitor limits on the finish of the day.
“I feel that is sort of silly to be just a few centimetres out of a large line and find yourself with a race ban due to that. It isn’t the game I really like.”
Magnussen additionally stated he might “really feel the FIA sort of seeing… I really feel like they know it is not the proper method in the intervening time”.
“Hopefully they may open up and realise that they should belief the drivers,” he added. “In fact there are issues that you must clamp down on. There are issues like shifting beneath braking and reacting to motion.
“There are harmful issues that it’s best to clamp down on. However aside from the little issues, simply let it go.”
Now he’s returning to racing on zero penalty factors, Magnussen joked about how he has been “punished and then you definately come again and you are like, ‘oh, able to f**ok shit up now!'”
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