Danish driver Kevin Magnussen competed in F1 for two stints and is the son of Jan Magnussen, a former Formula One driver and four-time winner of Le Mans.
| Nationality | Danish |
|---|---|
| Born | Kevin Jan Magnussen 5 October 1992 Roskilde, Denmark |
Having been a part of the McLaren team’s Young Driver Programme, Magnussen drove for McLaren in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, joining the team as a replacement for Sergio Perez. As per the new rule for that season, each driver had to select a car number for their entire Formula One career, and Magnussen chose number 20, which he had used when winning the Formula Renault 3.5 championship in 2013 while driving for DAMS.
He performed exceptionally well during pre-season testing in Jerez and Bahrain, leading the timesheets on both occasions. In his debut race in Australia, he secured a fourth place on the grid. Despite encountering oversteer at the start, he managed to avoid a crash and overtook Hamilton’s struggling Mercedes in the races early stages. Magnussen then held his position to finish in third place, just 2.2 seconds behind the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo. With a third-place finish, Magnussen made F1 history as the first Danish driver to podium in Formula One and the first debutant since Hamilton in 2007 to finish on the podium in his first Grand Prix.
After a stint with McLaren, Magnussen signed with Renault in 2016, lasting one season. Then, from 2017 through to the end of the 2020 season, he raced for Haas. After leaving the team at the end of 2020 Magnussen took a break from the sport but was welcomed back by the team in 2022, inking a new multi-year contract to rejoin Haas and the F1 grid, replacing the outgoing Nikita Mazepin. The same year, he secured his maiden pole position at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
He retained his seat for both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. In 2024, he became the first driver since former teammate Romain Grosjean in 2012 to receive a race ban, which he received after the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
Magnussen is set to leave at Haas at the end of the 2024 season.
Outside of Formula One, Magnussen has competed in the 2021 and 2022 seasons of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, one round of the IndyCar Series in 2021 for Arrow McLaren, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021 for High-Class Racing.
Kevin Magnussen Formula One World Championship career
| F1 Career | 2014–2020, 2022–2024 |
|---|---|
| Teams | McLaren, Renault, Haas |
| 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 |
Kevin Magnussen Teammates
| 11 Teammates | Involvement | First Year | Last Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenson Button | 20 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Jolyon Palmer | 21 | 2016 | |
| Sergey Sirotkin | 2 | 2016 | |
| Esteban Ocon | 4 | 2016 | |
| Romain Grosjean | 77 | 2017 | 2020 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 9 | 2017 | 2022 |
| Callum Ilott | 1 | 2020 | |
| Pietro Fittipaldi | 4 | 2020 | 2022 |
| Mick Schumacher | 23 | 2020 | 2022 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | 45 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Oliver Bearman | 7 | 2023 | 2024 |
Complete Formula One Record
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | McLaren Mercedes | McLaren MP4-29 | Mercedes PU106A 1.6 V6 t | AUS 2 | MAL 9 | BHR Ret | CHN 13 | ESP 12 | MON 10 | CAN 9 | AUT 7 | GBR 7 | GER 9 | HUN 12 | BEL 12 | ITA 10 | SIN 10 | JPN 14 | RUS 5 | USA 8 | BRA 9 | ABU 11 | 11th | 55 | |||||
| 2015 | McLaren Honda | McLaren MP4-30 | Honda RA615H 1.6 V6 t | AUS DNS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | CAN | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | RUS | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | NC | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | Renault Sport F1 Team | Renault R.S.16 | Renault R.E.16 1.6 V6 t | AUS 12 | BHR 11 | CHN 17 | RUS 7 | ESP 15 | MON Ret | CAN 16 | EUR 14 | AUT 14 | GBR 17 † | HUN 15 | GER 16 | BEL Ret | ITA 17 | SIN 10 | MAL Ret | JPN 14 | USA 12 | MEX 17 | BRA 14 | ABU Ret | 16th | 7 | |||
| 2017 | Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-17 | Ferrari 062 1.6 V6 t | AUS Ret | CHN 8 | BHR Ret | RUS 13 | ESP 14 | MON 10 | CAN 12 | AZE 7 | AUT Ret | GBR 12 | HUN 13 | BEL 15 | ITA 11 | SIN Ret | MAL 12 | JPN 8 | USA 16 | MEX 8 | BRA Ret | ABU 13 | 14th | 19 | ||||
| 2018 | Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-18 | Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 t | AUS Ret | BHR 5 | CHN 10 | AZE 13 | ESP 6 | MON 13 | CAN 13 | FRA 6 | AUT 5 | GBR 9 | GER 11 | HUN 7 | BEL 8 | ITA 16 | SIN 18 | RUS 8 | JPN Ret | USA DSQ | MEX 15 | BRA 9 | ABU 10 | 9th | 56 | |||
| 2019 | Haas F1 Team1 | Haas VF-19 | Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t | AUS 6 | BHR 13 | CHN 13 | AZE 13 | ESP 7 | MON 14 | CAN 17 | FRA 17 | AUT 19 | GBR Ret | GER 8 | HUN 13 | BEL 12 | ITA Ret | SIN 17 | RUS 9 | JPN 15 | MEX 15 | USA 18 † | BRA 11 | ABU 14 | 16th | 20 | |||
| 2020 | Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-20 | Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t | AUT Ret | STY 12 | HUN 10 | GBR Ret | 70A Ret | ESP 15 | BEL 17 | ITA Ret | TUS Ret | RUS 12 | EIF 13 | POR 16 | EMI Ret | TUR 17† | BHR 17 | SKH 15 | ABU 18 | 20th | 1 | |||||||
| 2022 | Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-22 | Ferrari 066/7 1.6 V6 t | BHR 5 | SAU 9 | AUS 14 | EMI 9 8 | MIA 16† | ESP 17 | MON Ret | AZE Ret | CAN 17 | GBR 10 | AUT 8 7 | FRA Ret | HUN 16 | BEL 16 | NED 15 | ITA 16 | SIN 12 | JPN 14 | USA 9 | MXC 17 | SAP Ret 8 | ABU 17 | 13th | 25 | ||
| 2023 | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-23 | Ferrari 066/10 1.6 V6 t | BHR 13 | SAU 10 | AUS 17† | AZE 13 | MIA 10 | MON 19† | ESP 18 | CAN 17 | AUT 18 | GBR Ret | HUN 17 | BEL 15 | NED 16 | ITA 18 | SIN 10 | JPN 15 | QAT 14 | USA 14 | MXC Ret | SAP Ret | LVG 13 | ABU 20 | 19th | 3 | ||
| 2024 | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-24 | Ferrari 066/10 1.6 V6 t | BHR 12 | SAU 12 | AUS 10 | JPN 13 | CHN 16 | MIA 19 | EMI 12 | MON Ret | CAN 12 | ESP 17 | AUT 8 | GBR 12 | HUN 15 | BEL 14 | NED 18 | ITA 10 | AZE | SIN 19† | USA 11 7 | MXC 7 | SAP WD | LVG 12 | QAT 9 | ABU 16 | 15th | 16 |
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Sources: Wikipedia.com
