An enraged Kevin Magnussen shared with the British Sky Sports his dissatisfaction with the behavior of his colleagues and the actions of the race stewards during qualifying for the Grand Prix of Turkey: “My lap time has remained, but other drivers have improved as they did not take off their throttle, while I did. I even broke my lap because that’s what you have to do when waving double yellow flags, ”said Magnussen, who slowed down due to Nicholas Latifi spinning at the end of the Q1 session. As a result, the marshalls waved double yellow flags.
“To put it very simply, I followed the rules and the rest of the field did not. If we then only start assessing the actions after qualifying, rather than at the moment itself, that is apparently the new standard. That means,” that next time I will just keep driving when they wave double yellow flags “, the visibly frustrated Magnussen speaks out loudly towards the race stewards.
If you are only penalized after a session, you must therefore continue. I will certainly speak with race director Michael Masi, that should be clear, because I don’t think this is possible. I totally disagree because like I said I was the only one who slowed down, the rest of the field didn’t.
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