Magnussen Balances BMW Role While Staying Linked to Formula 1
Dec.6 - Kevin Magnussen's new contract with BMW enables him to keep working in Formula 1 with Haas. Led by Ayao Komatsu, the small American team did not renew the 32-year-old's..
Kevin Magnussen F1 stats & info
| Name | Kevin Magnussen |
| Country |  Denmark |
| Height | 1.74 meter / 5 feet 9 inch |
| Place of Birth | Roskilde |
| Date of Birth | Oct 5th 1992 - 32 years old |
| Season Entries | 10 |
| Car Number | 20 |
| First Race | 2014 Australian F1 GP |
| Last Race | 2024 Abu Dhabi F1 GP |
| Best Qualifying | 4th - (3 times) |
| Best Result | 2nd - 2014 Australian F1 GP |
| F1 Teams History | McLaren (2014-2015) Renault (2016) Haas (2017-2020, 2022-2024) |
Kevin Magnussen F1 Stats | |
| Grand Prix Entries | 186 |
| Grand Prix Starts | 185 |
| Total Points | 202.00 |
| Avg. Points per GP | 1.09 |
| Grand Prix Wins | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Avg. GP Grid | 13.5 |
| GP Podiums | 1 (0,5%) |
| GP Fastest Laps | 3 (1,6%) |
| GP Points Finish | 51 (27,4%) |
| Avg. GP Position | 12.6 |
| GP Retirements | 34 (18,3%) |
| GP DNF's | 29 (15,6%) |
| Total GP Laps | 9.904 |
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Biography
Kevin Magnussen Biography
Kevin Magnussen
For a 22-year-old to make his debut at one of the biggest teams in the sport must mean he has plenty of talent. The Hamilton comparisons will be written everywhere, and so they should be.
Kevin Magnussen has been described as “very talented and very determined” by his new team principle Martin Whitmarsh and these are similar qualities boasted by Lewis Hamilton, who Magnussen hopes to emulate in his debut season.
Hamilton almost won the championship in his first year and the Dane has already spoken of going that tiny step further this year and becoming Denmark’s first F1 champion.
McLaren’s new recruit hopes to bring back the glory days to the Woking team, who have put a lot of faith in the talents of the 22-year-old.
Kevin Magnussen talks to the media
In replacing Sergio Pérez, Magnussen raced alongside Jenson Button in what will be a thrilling sub-plot as the old takes on the new in a head-to-head battle. A new ear of F1 is approaching and Magnussen is seen at the strongest of the new batch of drivers.
Magnussen has good racing pedigree. His father, Jan Magnussen, was also an F1 driver formerly with McLaren and Stewart. Magnussen hasn’t taken the contemporary route into the sport by going through GP2.
Last season he won the Formula Renault 3.5 Feeder series championship, while he has also had past experience in Formula Ford and almost won the Formula 3 Championship in 2011, but narrowly finished second despite winning seven races.
Kevin Magnussen, 2016 Japanese F1 GP
This isn’t a rash decision by McLaren. They have had their eyes on Magnussen for a long time and signed him as their development driver in 2012.
He attended the Abu Dhabi young driver test and impressed McLaren who felt he looked at home in the car from the off, while he was the fastest McLaren driver at the Silverstone young drivers test in July. He is one of two drivers they believe are future world champions. The second, Stoffel Vandoorne, finished second to him the Formula Renault champion of last season.
Magnussen also possesses the immense self-belief needed to become a success at a top team, further drawing comparisons with Lewis Hamilton. He has the aura that makes you believe he will be in F1 for a number of years to come, and, probably, near the top.
In 2015 he was test and reserve driver at McLaren and in 2016 Magnussen drove for Renault. The French car brand entered F1 again after being away since 2011. Because of this the Renault RS16 was very fast, so Magnussen could not show his talent on the track. His best finish was 7th in Russia. But could only score 7 points in total and retired 4th times.
To have better changes on good results he switched to Haas for the 2017 F1 season and got better results with the team that only is participating it's second season. Magnussen scored 19 points for Haas, 12 more than his season with Renault. His best finish was was 7th in Azerbaijan. The Danish driver ended up on 14th place in the 2017 F1 championship standings.
Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-19 during the French GP at Circuit Paul Ricard on June 23, 2019 in Circuit Paul Ricard, France. (Photo by Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images)
For 2018, Magnussen pulled out another level in his driving and outscored Romain Grosjean comfortably in the same car. The Danish scored points in 11 out of the 21 races of the calendar and his 56 points propelled Haas to the fifth place in the World Constructors' Championship, ahead of McLaren, which is Haas best result so far.
His best result in 2018 was 5th place, achieved at Bahrain and Austria. 2018 was his best year in terms of points, scoring just one more point than his previous best —55 for McLaren in 2014, his debut year—. 2019 did not start well for him, after a series of collisions with his teammate and tension between the team and lots of talk about his aggressive driving, he scored only 19 points in the first 12 races, which was not even close to his tally of 45 units at the same stage of the 2018 season.
After a difficult year for Haas, Magnussen only scored points in just four races during the year. He ended the campaign with 20 points, 12 more than his teammate, and finished 16th in the WDC.
Magnussen and Haas struggled in the 2020 season. Despite the car's lack of pace, Magnussen scored a point in the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix after a good strategy to start the wet race.
Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-23?
On October 22nd, Haas announced both drivers, Magnussen and Romain Grosjean were leaving the team after the 2020 season.
Before the start of the much anticipated 2022 F1 season, a lot happened at the Haas team Magnussen used to drive for.
In 2022, Nikita Mazepin's contract was terminated due to the invasion of Russia into Ukraine in early March, just between the first test period in Barcelona and the second period in Bahrain.
Magnussen was announced on the ninth of March as Haas' 2022 driver, alongside Mick Schumacher. He scored points in the first two races of 2022, at Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with fifth and ninth places.
Magnussen scored 25 points for Haas in 2022 and helped the team reach eighth place in the World Constructors' Championship (the best result for the squad since 2018).
Like the entire Haas F1 team, Magnussen struggled in 2023 and scored only three points for the American squad in 22 races. The Danish driver finished 10th three times in 2'23, at Saudi Arabia, Miami and Singapore.
Magnussen scored three of the team's 12 points in 2023 and was 19th in the Drivers' standings.
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Helmets
Kevin Magnussen F1 Helmets
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- 2023 Kevin Magnussen helmet
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- 2020 Kevin Magnussen helmet
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- 2019 Kevin Magnussen helmet
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- 2017 Kevin Magnussen Helmet
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- 2016 Kevin Magnussen helmet
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- 2014 Kevin Magnussen helmet
Cars
Kevin Magnussen F1 Cars
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- Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-23 during the Bahrain GP at Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday March 05, 2023
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- Kevin Magnussen testing the Haas VF-22 at Bahrain (day 3) 2022
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- Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-20 during the Barcelona testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on February 19, 2020, Spain. (Photo by Mark Sutton / LAT Images)
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- Kevin Magnussen Haas testing Catalunya F1/2019
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- Kevin Magnussen Haas on track Brazil GP (2018)
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- Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-17 Ferrari. Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Wednesday 29 November (2017)
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- Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Renault Sport F1 Team RS16. German GP (2016)
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- Kevin Magnussen, McLaren MP4-29 (2014)
Seasons
Kevin Magnussen Final Championship Results
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| 12th | 19th | 16th | 15th | 9th | 16th | 20th | 13th | 19th | 15th |
Kevin Magnussen F1 Seasons Summary
| Year | Team | Engine | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | Laps | FL | Avg Pts | Points |
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| 2024 |
 Haas | Ferrari | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1233 | 1 | 0.73 | 16 |
| 2023 |
Haas | Ferrari | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1169 | 0 | 0.14 | 3 |
| 2022 |
Haas | Ferrari | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1133 | 0 | 1.14 | 25 |
| 2020 |
Haas | Ferrari | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 814 | 0 | 0.06 | 1 |
| 2019 |
Haas | Ferrari | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188 | 1 | 0.95 | 20 |
| 2018 |
Haas | Ferrari | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1173 | 1 | 2.67 | 56 |
| 2017 |
Haas | Ferrari | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1005 | 0 | 0.95 | 19 |
| 2016 |
 Renault | Renault | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1077 | 0 | 0.33 | 7 |
| 2014 |
 McLaren | Mercedes | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1112 | 0 | 2.89 | 55 |
Races
Kevin Magnussen F1 GP Race Classifications
| 2nd | 1 Time |
| 5th | 4 Times |
| 6th | 3 Times |
| 7th | 7 Times |
| 8th | 9 Times |
| 9th | 11 Times |
| 10th | 14 Times |
| 11th | 6 Times |
| 12th | 18 Times |
| 13th | 16 Times |
| 14th | 13 Times |
| 15th | 12 Times |
| 16th | 12 Times |
| 17th | 18 Times |
| 18th | 8 Times |
| 19th | 2 Times |
| 20th | 1 Time |
| DNF | 29 Times |
| DSQ | 1 Time |
| DNS | 1 Time |
Kevin Magnussen F1 GP Race Results
Podiums
Kevin Magnussen F1 Podium Finishes
| Year | Race | No | Team | Engine | Grid | Pos | Retired | Pts | |
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| 1 | 2014 | 2014 Australian F1 GP | 20 | McLaren | Mercedes | 4 | 2 | 18 |
Poles
Kevin Magnussen F1 Pole Positions
| Year | Race | No | Team | Engine | Grid | Pos | Retired | Pts |
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Comparison
Kevin Magnussen Teammate Comparison
| Year | Team | Team Mate | Best Pos | Points | Wins | Poles | Pos | Quali | ||||||
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| 2014 | McLaren | Jenson Button | 2 | 3 | 55 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| 2015 | McLaren | Jenson Button | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Renault | Jolyon Palmer | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| 2017 | Haas | Romain Grosjean | 7 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | Haas | Romain Grosjean | 5 | 4 | 56 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | Haas | Romain Grosjean | 6 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| 2020 | Haas | Pietro Fittipaldi | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romain Grosjean | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 2022 | Haas | Mick Schumacher | 5 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| 2023 | Haas | Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 2024 | Haas | Nico Hülkenberg | 7 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 |
News
Latest Kevin Magnussen News
Komatsu Confirms Magnussen’s Future Role Talks with Haas
Nov.18 - Kevin Magnussen is still on track to remain in the Formula 1 paddock next year - but in a very different role. It is emerging that Valtteri Bottas, having lost his..
Magnussen Awaiting Audi Talks as Binotto Remains Unresponsive
Nov.1 - Kevin Magnussen admits it's "a pity" his uptick in form may have come too late to remain in Formula 1 next year. It is believed Haas has offered the 32-year-old Dane a..
Magnussen Shocks F1 with Audi Sauber Talks After P7 Finish
Oct.30 - Kevin Magnussen could be emerging as a shock late candidate to sign for Audi-owned Sauber in 2025. It is the last genuine vacancy on the Formula 1 grid for next year, but..
Haas F1 Future Secured: Toyota Not Buying Confirms Boss
Oct.27 - Haas is not for sale. Given that the American team is the smallest and leanest in Formula 1, it's a headline that is seen regularly. But the latest rumours have been..
Magnussen Returns for Haas in Singapore After License Suspension
Sep.14 - Team boss Ayao Komatsu says Kevin Magnussen will be back at the wheel of his Haas next weekend in Singapore. Experienced team regular Magnussen, who is being replaced by..
Ferrari Delays Decision on Bearman's Baku Availability for Haas
Sep.3 - Ferrari is not yet ready to confirm that it will release its reserve driver for another one-off Formula 1 race. Kevin Magnussen's clash with Pierre Gasly at Monza tipped..
Magnussen’s Baku Ban Sparks Outrage: Unfair Penalty Points Debate
Sep.2 - Two Formula 1 drivers insist Kevin Magnussen's one-race ban is unfair. The FIA confirmed late on Sunday that the Haas driver's super license will be suspended for the..
F1 Drivers Disappointed by Monza's Modernized Kerbs and Surface
Aug.30 - Multiple Formula 1 drivers have expressed their disappointment with the upgrade works carried out at Monza. The historic circuit has not only been totally resurfaced,..
Binotto’s Sauber Role Shakes Up 2025 F1 Driver Lineup
Aug.29 - Kevin Magnussen says he is "at peace", even though he is among a throng of drivers who look set to miss out on the last remaining vacancy on the 2025 Formula 1 grid. Red..
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