The pilot market is always in great turmoil and there is no longer a season of the year indicated where one starts talking about one’s future because for some time now we have been moving very far in advance.
One of the most striking examples is certainly Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari for 2025, made official when the current season had yet to start, but Kevin Magnussen’s choice three years ago also caused a sensation.
The current Haas standard bearer tore up his contract with Peugeot Sport to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship and return to Formula 1 with the American team, carrying out just a few tests in Bahrain.
The Dane now has to think about his future because the agreement with Haas is expiring, but according to what he said before the Monaco GP, the priority is to stay in the circus.
Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team
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“My contract is expiring, so I’m open to any solution, but I must also say that I moved early because I would like to stay here; I feel like there’s something left unfinished,” said Magnussen, winking at his current team.
“In Haas I have always been convinced that there is great potential, my feeling is that we lack a little something and consistency. Since the first year, this team has had very high highs and too low lows. The potential is there, but it is not been exploited consistently, but now I feel like we’re getting closer to that level.”
In today’s F1 nothing can be taken for granted, least of all a place guaranteed by meritocracy or similar; therefore the so-called Plan Bs must necessarily be implemented in advance and many – among fans and professionals – hope that ‘K-Mag’ can return to a prototype.
Even there, in fact, he left something unfinished because after a start with a relative and natural adaptation period, the 31-year-old did very well at the wheel of the then Cadillac DPi in IMSA, so much so that Peugeot offered him a seat for official on 9X8.
#02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Marcus Ericsson, Kevin Magnussen
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Relations with the Lion have been interrupted, as he himself is keen to point out, but the world of endurance has not left him indifferent and therefore he leaves the door open in case the world of F1 closes.
“I haven’t kept in touch with Peugeot. If I don’t manage to stay in F1, I want to do something fun, like the year I went to sportscars.”
“But we’re talking about something very different, F1 is a lot of fun and on another level, it also requires much more and so in general it’s something else.”
“So, honestly, I can’t say now what I will be able to do if I don’t continue in F1, but it will certainly be something I want to enjoy as a driver, racing on beautiful tracks and so on.”
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