A leading F1 correspondent has backed Kevin Magnussen amid criticism of the Haas driver’s racing style.

Magnussen won internet infamy with his “suck my b-lls” retort after Hungary, but Nico Hulkenberg had triggered the insult by accusing the Dane of being an unsporting driver.

Subsequently backing Hulkenberg in their assessment of Magnussen were two former drivers, Marc Surer and Jacques Villeneuve.

But Peter Nygaard, a correspondent for the Danish newspaper BT, says that’s unfair.

“Kevin drives to the limit and sometimes a bit over,” he said.

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