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Magnussen fuming at Raikkonen

Magnussen fuming at Raikkonen

24-06-2018 13:03
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Bobby Vincent

Kevin Magnussen has expressed his anger at Kimi Raikkonen following his driving style over the weekend.

Haas driver Magnussen has labelled Ferrari's Raikkonen's driving "irregular, desperate and confused".

Raikkonen slipstreamed Magnussen along the main straight and passed him at Turn 1, then decided to abort his lap.

"No matter what, Raikkonen was going to fuck the lap," Magnussen said.

Magnussen then questionned whether a steward would penalise a driver who was from one of the bigger three teams (Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari).

"It doesn't happen," Magnussen claimed. 

"Because, you know, it's the way it is."

"The stewards examined video evidence of the incident and the radio communication of both drivers concerned," the FIA said in a statement.

"The stewards heard from Kimi Raikkonen, the driver of car 7, Kevin Magnussen, the driver of car 20, and the team representatives.

"There is no doubt that the 'push' lap of car 20 was thwarted by the proximity of car 7 which overtook car 20 just after it had started the lap.

"This was the last opportunity for each driver to achieve a fast lap in Q3.

"The stewards noted that the driver of car 20 was unsure of the intentions of the driver of car 7 during the last half of the previous lap, where car 20 was on an 'out' lap and car 7 had aborted a push lap.

"Car 7 did slow towards the end of that lap but when compared to a previous out lap in Q3, there was a similar pattern of slowing in the same area.

"The stewards are not of the view that the driver of car 7 'unnecessarily impeded' car 20.

"In addition, the stewards do not consider that the driver of car 7 drove 'unnecessarily slowly'.

"Despite the negative effect the incident had on the lap of car 20, the stewards decline to take any further action.

"All competitors are hereby reminded of their right to appeal certain decisions of the stewards, as set out in the International Sporting Code and related regulations, including the time limits for such appeals."