Well his second defense on Hamilton was way over the line. Pushed both of them out.
In an interview he pretty much said that his intention was to stay ahead of the pack at all cost to protect Nico https://piped.video/ivslsT3TjK8
Yeah it was pretty obvious on air as well. I expect some sort of reprimand. This goes against the spirit of the rules.
Not sure if I’m being ignorant of something here but Checo basically won Max a championship by holding up Hamilton. Nobody in the garage cared about Checo’s race outcome in Abu Dhabi 2021.
If Magnussen can defend fairly who’s to judge what his reasons are? Whether he’s willingly sacrificing his own pace for the team or whether he’s trying to stay ahead for his own sake. The fact is he had to extend the track. I too think that these time penalties make little sense because they don’t get Magnussen out of Hamilton’s way. I guess once Tsunoda comes into the mix it’s hard to make Magnussen give the position to Lewis but I think the reprimands dished out during the race should be more oriented on reducing the disadvantage that the other car has suffered, not just disadvantaging the perpetrator. Especially in the sprint where pitstops aren’t to be expected. Hamilton’s race is ruined whether Magnussen gets 25 seconds or 5 minutes added to his total at the end.
If Magnussen can defend fairly who’s to judge what his reasons are?
But he didn’t and got penalties to show for it.
Yet some in here are making it sound like defending someone behind to give the teammate in front space is in itself condemnable. That’s all I was trying to get at. Magnussen deserved all the penalties he got.
