Kevin Magnussen drove very bravely and even recklessly in the sprint race. He managed to take part in even two incidents in 19 laps, receiving two 10-second penalties.
After the race, the Haas rider admitted his guilt: “All the penalties were deserved, there is absolutely no doubt about that.
I just had to play the game again. I was in a very good position at one point, behind Nico. At the beginning of the sprint, I managed to move up, I was even eighth.
I was careful of Lewis because I had DRS from Nico and I had good speed. Then Nico went through the loop turn and I lost DRS. If he had stayed next to me and given the DRS, we could have taken 7th and 8th place.
Instead, I became very vulnerable to Lewis. I started fighting him like crazy, I just had to create distance against him like I did in Jeddah.
I started using stupid tactics, which I don’t like, but at the end of the day I did my job as a team player and Nico scored points because I gave him a lead over Lewis and Tsunoda and they couldn’t wait for him. I don’t like to race like that, but that’s what I had to do today,” said the Dane.
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