Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly has slammed Kevin Magnussen for his antics at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, describing his rival as the most dangerous driver in Formula 1.
During the final Safety Car restart at the Baku City Circuit, the Haas driver forced Gasly towards the inside wall at high-speed exiting Turn 20, eventually making contact with the Frenchman, and causing debris to fly into the air.
The contact happened in the same place where Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture next time around – suggesting the debris could have come from the collision between Magnussen and Gasly.
As both drivers continued down the straight at high speed, Magnussen again moved across on Gasly, forcing him to take avoiding action as they approached the wall shortly after the pit entry.
"Kevin is the most dangerous guy I have ever raced with,” Gasly told F1.com. “He literally put me in the wall at 300km/h at the restart and completely ruined the race. I would have been in the worst case P10 at the last restart, so this is one thing.
"The Safety Car came out, we pitted and were P11. I knew points were on the table. I was going to pass him just before the Safety Car line 1, went on the side, and he just put me in the wall right in the middle and took half of my floor out.
"Both my front wheels went in the air, broke my right mirror and bent my steering as well. After that, I was just trying to survive until the end of the race. There was almost no point to race after that."
Magnussen was punished for his manoeuvre with a 10-second time penalty added to his finish time as well as a two penalty points on his superlicence which brings him to eight in the past 12 months, though one will be wiped from his record today (Monday).
Should 12 penalty points be accrued over a 12-month period a driver is subject to a one-race ban.
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