Gasly, Alonso Provide Sympathies As Kevin Magnussen Handed One-Race Ban

Kevin Magnussen was handed a one-race ban during the Italian Grand Prix after the driver came into a bit of contact with Pierre Gasly as the two went head to head. Due to the cars coming in contact, Kevin Magnussen was handed a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points. This led to the total number of penalty points on Magnussen's super license reaching 12 and that is the number required for a race ban. 

Kevin Magnussen had collected 10 penalty points earlier through out the season. 

Pierre Gasly Ready To Talk To The Stewards To Reverse Decision 

Pierre Gasly feels that the contact between himself and Magnussen was nothing and it was just wheel to wheel racing. He further added he would gladly talk to the stewards to get them to reverse their decision. 

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"Honestly, this was nothing. The whole afternoon we were dead slow. We really need to get on top of it because I really believed we would have more potential in the race and it was a lot harder.

"Someone told me he got a 10 seconds penalty. I'm a bit surprised for that because he tried, but it was a bit of wheel to wheel and in the end I really didn't lose any time. I'm a bit surprised.

"I hope somehow they can revert on that because that will would be definitely unfair. I'll be happy to do it [vouch for Magnussen with the stewards] - I'll see what I can do. That will feel very unfair for the incident that it was," said Gasly upon hearing the news of Magnussen receiving a time penalty and a race ban. 

Fernando Alonso Weighs In 

2-time World Champion Fernando Alonso was sympathetic towards Kevin Magnussen as the driver was handed a brutal penalty. Alonso stated that although the time penalties were understandable, the penalty points and a race ban was a bit harsh. 

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"100% [I feel sympathy] because penalty points, as we discussed many times, should be for dangerous driving. Something that is a danger for the sport and for the others," Alonso said.

"And I think a couple of those points that he accumulated, I'm not sure, I don't have the list here, but sometimes it's just pitlane white line, unsafe releases, all these kind of things.

"This is part of racing, this is a drive through, this is a five second penalty. I understand the racing penalties, but the safety penalties is a little bit harder to understand," said Alonso.

With the race ban carrying out, Kevin Magnussen will miss the Azerbaijan GP at Baku.