The 185-race F1 career that peaked at race one
Added 2025-01-13 17:55:59 +0000 UTCWatch ad-free! Kevin Magnussen thought Formula 1 was going to be the proverbial piece of cake when he finished second on his grand prix debut.
He came into F1 as a highly-rated rookie after winning the hugely-competitive Formula Renault 3.5 championship in 2013, landing a top-team drive.
As he put it in our interview with him at the end of the 2024 season, “you come in with McLaren and you think you’re going to be winning championships”.
But it didn’t work out like that. In fact, finishing third on-the-road and being promoted to second at Albert Park in 2014 after Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification was as good as it got for Magnussen in F1.
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I feel really bad for him. I still feel that gis early entry into F1 was his doom. Being in Maclaren of all teams at the time of switching from the Mercedes to the Honda PUs never helped his case I feel. His second Haas stint should have been way better than the results showed.
Xerxes Balsara
2025-01-14 10:31:55 +0000 UTCI'm going to miss KMag. He had a retro outlook on racing and wasn't afraid of a good fight.
Mark Martin
2025-01-14 06:08:51 +0000 UTC
