Haas F1 Team Driver Kevin Magnussen Suspended for Reaching Penalty Point Threshold

• Kevin Magnussen has been on the cusp of suspension since the Miami Grand Prix in May.

• At the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, Magnussen collided with Alpine driver Pierre Gasly.

• Stewards harshly deemed Magnussen culpable and issued him a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points, which put him over the limit allowed in a 12-month period.

Haas F1 Team driver Kevin Magnussen will be suspended from the next Formula 1 race in Azerbaijan on Sept. 15 after he reached the permitted number of penalty points.

Magnussen has been walking a tightrope after a combative start to the season, in which he collected 10 penalty points across the opening six events of the campaign, leaving him perilously close to the rolling 12-month limit of 12.

Magnussen managed to keep his nose clean since the Miami Grand Prix, back in May, but at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday he collided with Alpine driver Pierre Gasly. Stewards harshly deemed Magnussen culpable and issued him a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points on his license.

It means Magnussen will not be permitted to participate in the next event around the streets of Baku in two weeks.

He is the first Formula 1 driver to receive a one-event suspension since the current penalty points system was introduced. The last driver to be banned from a Grand Prix was Romain Grosjean, in 2012, after he caused a multi-car pileup in Belgium.

Haas has not yet communicated a replacement but it has its 2025 signing—and Ferrari’s super sub in Jeddah—Ollie Bearman on its books as reserve driver.

Magnussen still brought home a point at Monza, running a one-stop strategy, to classify in 10th place after the application of his penalty, just a tenth of a second in front of Fernando Alonso.

Magnussen was frustrated by the penalty after the race.

“We raced hard into Turn 4, we had slight contact and we both missed the corner, we came back on track again, no damage to either car, no consequence in the race for either of us and I get a 10-second penalty,” he said.

Magnussen highlighted perceived inconsistencies in the system in the wake of a clash between Haas team-mate Nico Hulkenberg and RB’s Daniel Ricciardo on the opening lap.

“Then lap one, Ricciardo and Nico, Ricciardo put Nico on the grass at 300 km/h, completely destroyed Nico’s race, massive consequence and damage to Nico’s car and he gets a five-second penalty,” Magnussen said. “Where is the logic? I just don’t get it.”

On Haas’ race, Team Principal Ayao Komatsu said: “It was great to get one point out of this race, particularly Monza—this low downforce circuit—in previous years we haven’t been competitive, so it’s proved we’re working really well as a team to bring a competitive low downforce package.

“Also with Kevin fighting so hard after he was told he had a penalty, and then creating a 10-second gap to Fernando Alonso, that was amazing, he was close to Albon as well so it was a good fight. On the flip side, we shouldn’t have put Kevin in that position behind Gasly, so again our execution wasn’t perfect and that’s something we need to improve.

“Post-race Kevin received two penalty points which means a one-race ban and won’t be racing in Baku.”