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Magnussen plans to stay aggressive
Kevin Magnussen says he will heed Eric Boullier's recent advice to stay feisty behind the wheel despite being penalised twice in two races for his driving.
Magnussen received a 20-second penalty for driving Fernando Alonso off the road in Belgium, before a five-second penalty at Monza for forcing Valtteri Bottas wide at Turn 1. The latter, especially, seemed harsh but Boullier said after the race he welcomed Magnussen's approach and added that he felt the Dane had been "punching above his weight" with an uncompetitive car.
With Boullier's endorsement ringing in his ears Magnussen says he will continue to drive the same, though he has learned the lessons of Spa and Monza.
"I enjoy racing and I'm going to carry on like that," Magnussen said. "Obviously I'll try and learn from what's happened but it's important I try my best and get everything out of what we have now. That requires me to race hard at the moment.
"I don't think it's because I'm a new driver. They judged I did something wrong; I don't see what I did wrong in Monza, but in the end they make the rules so if I got a penalty I'll have to see what I can do to change it."
Magnussen says he and all the other drivers remember the FIA's pledge to be more lenient on racing incidents this year, even if he sometimes falls foul of the stewards as he did in Spa and Monza.
"I think that's very positive, I remember they said that. We take that into account when we race. It should be safe, it should be fair, it's important it stays like that, but I think Monza was fair.
"I don't think I should repeat what I did in Spa because I think there was a mistake, I did that and learnt from that. Only that one move though, because I didn't do anything wrong apart from that down to Turn 5 [on Alonso]."
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