At Singapore next week Kevin Magnussen will become the 10th driver in the history of the world championship to be banned from a round due to a driving infringement or infringements.
He is the first driver to be banned by accumulating penalty points for multiple infringements. All of those before him were suspended because of incidents which happened at a single event, and not always at an F1 race.
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 1971
Jean-Pierre Beltoise was given two separate bans from a total of four Formula 1 races in 1971 for his role in a terrible crash which claimed the life of Ignazio Giunti during the 1,000 kilometres of Buenos Aires sportscar race. When his Matra ran out of fuel at the final corner Beltoise began pushing his car the short distance to the pits, in contravention of the rules. Giunti, unsighted behind Ferrari team mate Mike Parkes, slammed into Beltoise’ car, sustaining fatal injuries.
Following the crash in January, Beltoise was banned from the season-opening F1 race at Kyalami in South Africa in March. He returned for the next five races, until the FIA chose to impose a further ban, ruling him out of the German, Austrian and Italian rounds in August and September. He returned for the final two rounds of the season.
The following year Beltoise scored the only victory of his career, and the last for BRM, in soaking wet conditions at Monaco. He retired from F1 after two more years with the team.
Christian Danner, 1987
Zakspeed driver Christian Danner was blamed, and banned, for a huge crash involving Ferrari’s Michele Alboreto during qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix in 1987. Danner was climbing towards Massenet after leaving the pits as Alboerto, on a flying lap, tried to pass on his left. The pair made contact and Alboreto was launched into the barriers.
Fortunately the Ferrari driver was not only unhurt but well enough to return to the track in his spare car. Danner, however, was thrown out of the event, a reaction even Alboreto felt was excessive.
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Nigel Mansell, 1989
Nigel Mansell earned himself a ban following a Portuguese Grand Prix so controversial a repeat today would undoubtedly cause a social media meltdown.
The Ferrari driver was shown the black flag for engaging reverse gear in the pits when he overshot his box. Mansell insisted he did not see the flag disqualifying him from…
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