Kimi Raikkonen has been handed a reprimand for colliding with Kevin Magnussen during the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver was attempting to dive down the inside of the McLaren driver at the hairpin at the Fairmont Hotel to claim sixth, but locked his breaks and ran into the barrier, blocking the circuit and collecting Magnussen as he did.
The pair managed to recover moments later, but the incident knocked Magnussen down to tenth and Raikkonen, who was forced to pit for a new front-wing, down to 12th.
The stewards deemed that the Finn had “illegitimately impeded car 20 [Magnussen] during an overtaking manoeuvre and caused a collision.”
The reprimand is Raikkonen’s first of the current season.
Magnussen dismissed the clash as a racing incident.
“I didn’t see what happened with Kimi – I went to the inside to block his entry into the hairpin, but he chose to make a move anyway. It’s hard to overtake here, but he tried and it didn’t work. That’s racing.”
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