It was about risky decision, which initially paid off. Both racers are after heating circuit instead of on the starting line wrapped in pits. Magnussen in Grosjean they did so on the instructions of the team and in view of the course of the race they did the right thing. They both found themselves in the top ten when the rest of the field got rid of them intermediates tires.
Magnussen took the opportunity and brought the corner to the finish line ninth, his teammate Grosjean he had to settle for 15th place. Team boss Gunther Steiner he rejoiced after the race: “The decision at the beginning of the race allowed us to be ranked among the points winners.“But soon after the race he had to report to Commissioners, because the team called the racer to the pits to change bikes via radio.
It was clear to the commissioners that it was the command desk of the team Haas violated the rules, specifically the article 27.1 of the Sports Rules, which says the team is forbidden to help racers over the radio during the warm-up lap. Teams Haas failed to prove that there is an exception in one of the technical directives, which makes them commissioners Kevin Magnussen in Romain Grosjean imposed a mark-up penalty 10 seconds. Magnussen thus fell on tenth place behind Carlos Sainz and nonetheless retained at least one point, with Grosjean regressing to 16th place and Kimi Raikkonen advancing to 15th.
