Vasseur: Magnussen move was f#cking dangerous

Down the Suzuka start/finish straight, the white car went right for the overtake but the silver car also jinked right at the last moment and only a dollop of huge luck prevented a massive shunt.

Nevertheless, even with Leclerc stomping on the brakes the Sauber tagged the back of the Haas, drawing a puncture which basically ended Magnussen's race.

Leclerc, clearly fuming after the close call, was immediately on the radio: “Magnussen is stupid and will always be stupid that’s a fact.”

After the race, Sauber team chief Frederic Vasseur admitted he was surprised that there was no action from the FIA stewards regarding the incident, “From my point of view it was quite obvious, but there was no further action. I was a bit surprised.”

Magnussen has often been in the wars with fellow drivers, many of his peers regard him as the 'dirtiest' driver on the grid, many have had run-ins with him on track.

Vasseur said of Magnussen, “He’s involved in all the big crashes throughout the season if you have a look. I’m not the referee, it’s the FIA. They have to take decisions or not.”

“The move was f#cking dangerous, he’s moving always late, and one day we’ll have a huge crash. When you are at 320km/h, it’s more than dangerous,” added Vasseur.

Haas team chief Guenther Steiner defended his driver and claimed that Leclerc was to blame and suggested the Ferrari-bound youngster improve his spatial awareness.

Race director Charlie Whiting explained why no action was taken by race stewards, “I think it is impossible to say Kevin blocked him. It was just that he had made the decision, he was going to go right, fractionally after Charles had.

“You have to look at it quite a few times and analyse it in a little detail to see that. But I think it was just unfortunate, and I think that is what the stewards felt,” added Whiting.

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