Breaking: Kevin Magnussen escapes grid penalty for unsafe release

10:40, 16 Mar 2019
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Kevin Magnussen no longer has to worry about being docked grid spots after stewards rule out a penalty for unsafe release. Instead, Haas has to pay a fine of €5,000. Magnussen will start from P7.
The Danish driver blocked Sergio Perez from Racing Point during qualifying, when he did not leave his pit box entirely according to protocol. Fortunately, the drivers did not come into contact.
Once again the Gene Haas team is in a promising start position at Albert Park, Romain Grosjean will start from sixth place. To prevent a similar failure as in 2018 - both drivers did not finish due to two pit stops where one wheel was not properly secured - the team trained extensively in recent weeks.
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