Pierre Gasly has called on the stewards of the Italian Grand Prix to overturn Kevin Magnussen’s one-race Formula 1 ban after their incident resulted in the Dane reaching the maximum number of penalty points on his superlicence.

The two touched lightly after entering the Variante della Roggia side-by-side, with neither driver making the turn. Magnussen later passed Gasly on his run to ninth at the flag, who finished tenth after being handed a ten-second penalty for his involvement in the incident.

Magnussen was subsequently given two penalty points on his superlicence, bringing his total to 12 for a race ban, having already collected 10 points earlier in the season.

Gasly felt the final contact was “nothing” and “a bit of wheel-to-wheel”, adding that he would be happy to visit the stewards and encourage them to overturn the decision on Magnussen’s behalf.

“To be honest, it was nothing. We were dead silent all afternoon. 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 more difficult,” said Gasly.

“Someone told me he got a 10-second penalty. I’m a bit surprised about that because he tried, but it was a bit wheel-to-wheel and in the end I really didn’t lose any time. I’m a bit surprised.

“I hope they can come back to that somehow, because that would be absolutely unfair. I’m happy to do it (speak to the stewards for Magnussen) – I’ll see what I can do. It will feel very unfair for the incident that it was.”

Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-24, Pierre Gasly, Alpine A524

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Fernando Alonso also showed understanding for the situation Magnussen found himself in. He felt that a number of points Magnussen had raised were not in line with the original reasoning to tackle dangerous driving.

He acknowledged that while the time penalties were necessary, the added pain of penalty points for what he considered minor infractions was difficult to understand.

“100% (I feel sympathy) because penalty points, as we have discussed many times, should be for dangerous driving. Something that is a danger to the sport and to the others,” Alonso said.

“And I think some of those points that he collected, I’m not sure, I don’t have the list here, but sometimes it’s just white lines in the pit lane, unsafe discharges, all that kind of stuff.

“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 are a bit more difficult to understand.”

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu was reticent to comment on Magnussen’s suspension, noting that it was a “points pile-up” and that “I feel I need to discuss this directly with the stewards, rather than saying certain things publicly.”