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Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen | |||||||
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.jpg) Magnussen in 2019 | |||||||
| Born | Kevin Jan Magnussen 5 October 1992 Roskilde, Denmark | ||||||
| Spouse |
Louise Gjørup (m. 2019) | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Parent | Jan Magnussen (father) | ||||||
| Relatives | Dennis Lind (cousin) | ||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
| Nationality |  Danish | ||||||
| 2024 team | Haas-Ferrari[1] | ||||||
| Car number | 20 | ||||||
| Entries | 187 (185 starts) | ||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Podiums | 1 | ||||||
| Career points | 202 | ||||||
| Pole positions | 1 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 3 | ||||||
| First entry | 2014 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||
| Last entry | 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||
| 2024 position | 15th (16 pts) | ||||||
| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 42nd (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2021 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America (Road America) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America (Road America) | ||||||
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| Website | kevinmagnussen | ||||||
Kevin Jan Magnussen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰɛ.ven ˈjan ˈmaw.nus.n]; born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from 2014 to 2024.
Born and raised in Roskilde, Magnussen is the son of four-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class-winner and former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen. Graduating from karting to junior formulae in 2008, Magnussen won his first championship at the 2008 Danish Formula Ford Championship. He then finished as runner-up to António Félix da Costa at the Formula Renault NEC in 2009, and to Felipe Nasr at the British Formula 3 International Series in 2011. Progressing to Formula Renault 3.5 in 2012, Magnussen won the championship the following season with DAMS.
A member of the McLaren Young Driver Programme since 2010, Magnussen signed with McLaren in 2014 to partner Jenson Button. He finished second on his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix, scoring his maiden podium finish and becoming the highest-finishing debutant since Jacques Villeneuve in 1996. Replaced by Fernando Alonso for 2015, Magnussen continued at McLaren as a reserve driver, substituting for Alonso at the season-opener. Magnussen completed a stint at Renault in 2016, before competing with Haas from 2017 until the conclusion of the 2020 season, finishing a career-best ninth in the 2018 World Drivers' Championship. In 2021, Magnussen moved to the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Cadillac, winning the Detroit Classic; he also contested one round of the IndyCar Series with Arrow McLaren, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans with High Class.
Magnussen returned to Haas in 2022 to replace Nikita Mazepin, achieving his maiden pole position at the São Paulo Grand Prix. He retained his seat in 2023 and 2024, becoming the first driver since former teammate Romain Grosjean in 2012 to receive a race ban after the latter Italian Grand Prix, before departing at the end of the season. Magnussen achieved one pole position, three fastest laps and one podium finish in Formula One. He holds the Formula One record for the most career starts without leading a lap (185). Magnussen is set to move back to sportscar racing in 2025, joining BMW as a factory driver.
- ^ "Formula 1: The Haas team to retain Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen in 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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