Penalty: Magnussen pardoned twice, Gasly and Albon punished

The first Sunday of Eduardo Freitas in the role of Race Director in Formula 1 he passed without cases too thorny for him and the commissioners to face. Nonetheless, there were some episodes discussed which generated some complaints from the pilots involved. Among the contacts not sanctioned by the Stewards, the one that aroused the most attention occurred at the start: in turn 4, in fact, during the first lap, Kevin Magnussen hit Lewis Hamilton’s front left with his right front tire, causing a puncture in the # 44 Mercedes. Both drivers complained of the contact, judging the direct opponent guilty.

The Englishman even, several laps after the accident, opened his pit wall asking if any measures had been taken towards the driver who had hit him. To the negative response of the team, his comment was a laconic one “obviously”. The images show quite clearly what Magnussen, who is further back, a hit the rival’s car. As happened in the Ricciardo-Sainz case in Imola, however, the race direction decided not to intervene. Also in this case it is foreseeable that the decision depends on the ‘free all’ which is normally granted during the first lap, when the cars are all close together and contacts are more likely to occur.

Magnussen, together with box mate Mick Schumacher, had already escaped a penalty on Saturday. The two Haas pilots in fact got away with a simple one “warning” for their excessively slow out-laps during qualifying. Those who did not receive any leniency were Pierre Gasly And Alexander Albon. The Frenchman of the Faenza team in Barcelona was punished with a five-second penalty and two points on his Super license for causing contact with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin. Albon, on the other hand, paid 1 points on the license for not respecting the track limits. Also on Friday Fernando Alonso received his first reprimand of the season. The Asturian has made an involuntary obstruction against Lewis Hamilton.

Pilot	Points	Points Attributed	GP	Motivation	Deadline
Yuki Tsunoda	7	1	Styria 2021	Obstruction	26-Jun-22
		1	Austria 2021	Incorrect entry into the pit lane	05-Jul-22
		1	Austria 2021	Incorrect entry into the pit lane	05-Jul-22
		2	Brazil 2021	Accident	14-Nov-22
		2	Saudi Arabia 2021	Accident	05-Dec-22
Lance Stroll	7	2	Hungary 2021	Accident	01-Aug-22
		2	Russia 2021	Accident	26-Sep-22
		2	Australia 2022	Accident	09-Apr-23
		1	Australia 2022	More than a change of direction	10-Apr-23
Max Verstappen	7	2	Italy 2021	Accident	12-Sep-22
		2	Qatar 2021	Failure to slow down with double yellow flag	21-Nov-22
		1	Saudi Arabia 2021	I take advantage of leaving the track	05-Dec-22
		2	Saudi Arabia 2021	Accident	05-Dec-22
Nicholas Latifi	6	3	Azerbaijan 2021	Failure to enter the pit lane, as requested, during S.Car	06-Jun-22
Nicholas Latifi	6	3	Austria 2021	Failure to slow down with double yellow flag	04-Jul-22
Sergio Perez	5	2	Austria 2021	Forced another driver off the track	04-Jul-22
		2	Austria 2021	Forced another driver off the track	04-Jul-22
		1	Italy 2021	I take advantage of leaving the track	12-Sep-22
Lando Norris	5	3	Azerbaijan 2021	Failure to enter the pits with red flag	05-Jun-22
Lando Norris	5	2	Austria 2021	Forced another driver off the track	04-Jul-22
Valtteri Bottas	5	2	Styria 2021	Dangerous driving in the pit lane	25-Jun-22
		2	Hungary 2021	Accident	01-Aug-22
		1	Qatar 2021	Failure to slow down with yellow flag	21-Nov-22
Fernando Alonso	5	2	Turkey 2021	Accident	10-Oct-22
		2	Miami 2022	Accident	08-May-23
		1	Miami 2022	I take advantage of leaving the track	08-May-23
Pierre Gasly	4	2	Turkey 2021	Accident	10-Oct-22
Pierre Gasly	4	2	Spain 2022	Accident	22-May-23
Esteban Ocon	3	2	Bahrain 2022	Accident	20-Mar-23
Esteban Ocon	3	1	Italy 2021	Lack of space for another car and collision	12-Sep-22
Alex Albon	3	2	Saudi Arabia 2022	Accident	27-Mar-23
Alex Albon	3	1	Spain 2022	Left tracked for no reason on multiple occasions	22-May-23
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	Great Britain 2021	Accident	18-Jul-22
Daniel Ricciardo	2	1	Saudi Arabia 2022	Obstruction	26-Mar-23
Daniel Ricciardo	2	1	Miami 2022	I take advantage of leaving the track	08-May-23
Kevin Magnussen	2	2	Miami 2022	Accident	08-May-23
George Russell	1	1	Great Britain 2021	Accident	17-Jul-22
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	Austria 2021	Obstruction	03-Jul-22
Zhou Guanyu	1	1	Saudi Arabia 2022	I take advantage of leaving the track	27-Mar-23

Pilot	Reprimands (for driving offenses)	GP	Motivation	Date
Yuki Tsunoda	3	Bahrain 2022	Obstruction	18-Mar-22
		Australia 2022	Driving too slow	09-Apr-22
		Australia 2022	Obstruction	08-Apr-22
Lance Stroll	1	Bahrain 2022	Obstruction	18-Mar-22
Alex Albon	1	Saudi Arabia 2022	Obstruction	27-Mar-22
Carlos Sainz	1	Australia 2022	Obstruction	08-Apr-22
Daniel Ricciardo	1	Miami 2022	Failure to comply with Race Director instructions	7-May-22
Fernando Alonso	1	Spain 2022	Obstruction	20-May-22