'What the f**k is he doing?' - Magnussen slams Raikkonen over flying lap confrontation
'What the f**k is he doing?' - Magnussen slams Raikkonen over flying lap confrontation
An irate Kevin Magnussen has lashed out at the conduct of Kimi Raikkonen, branding the Finn 'erratic' and 'confused' as an altercation between the two cost Magnussen a flying lap in Q3 of qualifying for Sunday's French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.
An incident involving Romain Grosjean spinning out meant qualifying was red flagged and forced Magnussen to go for a quick lap as the seconds counted down at the end of the session.
Magnussen had passed Raikkonen but the Ferrari driver raced him down the straight and moved back in front only to get out of the way at the last moment.
Magnussen felt that Raikkonen had impeded him and, indeed, the FIA have launched an investigation into the incident, which could land the Finn in trouble.
Kimi is under investigation for impeding Magnussen in qualifying #FrenchGP pic.twitter.com/MSVaztHfsJ — Gianluca D'Alessandro (@Gianludale27) June 23, 2018
'What the f**k is he doing?', shouted the Dane through the Haas team radio, and after the race he launched into an expletive rant.
He stormed: "He fucked all his laps, he had fuel for I don't know how many laps, everyone else has fuel for one lap, so to begin with I thought he would box because he fucked his lap.
"And then he tries again immediately the lap after. Overtakes us, backed off again - then surely he's going to box. But then he tries again.
"So it's three laps in a row that he tried to push and it makes no sense. There's no way to predict what he is going to do.
"I don't know if what he did is against the rules, but surely he is impossible to predict. And also he is stopping at Turn 14, then he's pushing, then he's stopping, that's erratic driving in my mind, but I don't know if it is in the stewards' mind."
Raikkonen suffered a difficult day, finishing in just sixth spot after being surpassed by both Red Bulls.
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