On lap 10, during a Safety Car restart, Albon was the victim of an aggressive move by Magnussen. As a result, the Haas driver was given a 10-second penalty by the safety car officials.
Later in the race, Magnussen went off course to pull off a disputed move on Yuki Tsunoda, his own performance affected.
Then, in order to help his Haas teammate Nico Hulkenberg overtake and establish a substantial lead and the race’s last point, Magnussen purposefully hindered Tsunoda and other racers behind him.
Albon did not dispute the first incident involving Magnussen, but he was not happy with the light penalty the Danish driver received for his daring off-track pass on Tsunoda.
“I think that was fair,” he said.remarked, discussing his early altercation with Magnussen. It is a little bit of a squeeze. The shape of the corner bothers me. It catches your attention. And it’s really deceptive, in my opinion.
“Because of how it sticks out at the end, you need to leave more room than you think. It would probably be easier if they just shaved it flat. No ill will.
“The other one, the 10-second one with Yuki, was a little impish. You virtually guarantee your teammate points in exchange for a 10-second penalty, after all.
“Why don’t you act in that manner everywhere? Five to ten seconds is not correct, in my opinion. I believe that you should just leave things as they are and take back the position.
that.””I believe any team would make the same decision if you sacrifice one driver for guaranteed points,” he continued.
“Perhaps the best teams won’t attempt it. However, you would always take advantage of any opportunity to score if you were a midfield team.
“I think you might see more drivers doing it just to guarantee a team-mate to have points.”
