Bojan Vrbnjak
He was driving the 56th lap of the race for the German Grand Prix and in turn number six, the racers of the team Haas, Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen touched again in a fairly sharp duel. Both roosters were lucky in the accident that their contact remained without consequences, so they managed to win places among the top ten on their own. Due to the penalties of both Alf Romeo, sat in the end for the team ranked seventh and eighth.
Nevertheless, the atmosphere in the American team after the race was anything but cheerful, as team boss Günther Steiner raged like a lynx. “I have to think about it, but there aren’t many options. At some point, something has to happen. It doesn't go that way anymore. I’m usually against team commands because I love freestyle racing, but now I think that’s what we need to do. If we're going to get in the way every time, then I can't afford that for long. This time we were lucky that nothing happened and they both got to the finish line. But it could have been different. The result also looks better than it is. ”
For Magnussen, it is quite clear that the blame is on the side of a teammate. “No one forbade us to fight against each other. But we were clearly told that we must not endanger ourselves. So I see no reason why this should have happened. I was on the inside and he turned inside me. I don't know what he was doing. I didn't do anything wrong, he was the one who should have prevented it. "
Later, Magnussen told his Finnish colleagues from MTV3: “I respect him as a racer and in all areas in which we work as a teammate. But we need to fix such situations. Otherwise we only touched with the bikes and nothing bad happened. Nevertheless, it was unnecessary. ”
On the other hand, Grosjean said: “I don't want to comment on that, we were just lucky and I estimate that we will get our lesson in Günther's office again. However, I think I was in the front in this case. In any case, it's a shame because it happened. "
