Jan Magnussen

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Jan Magnussen
Nationality  Flag of Denmark Danish
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 1995, 1997 – 1998
Teams McLaren, Stewart
Races 25
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Career points 1
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1995 Pacific Grand Prix
Last race 1998 Canadian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 1999 - 2006
Teams Panoz, Audi Sport Goh, Corvette Racing
Best finish 4th (2003, 2006)
Class wins 3 (2004, 2005, 2006)

Jan Magnussen (born July 4, 1973 in Roskilde) is a race car driver from Denmark and a GM factory driver.

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[edit] Career history

[edit] Lower series racing

Magnussen had a dominating 1994 British Formula 3 championship with Paul Stewart Racing, winning 12 of the 16 events and tying Ayrton Senna's F3 record. Magnussen scored his first British F3 win that April at Donington Park, also taking pole for the race[1]. He also won at Brands Hatch, twice at Silverstone, and at Thruxton. He won six of the first eight races.[2] He then won again at Donington Park, [3] and both season-ending rounds at Silverstone[4].

[edit] Major series racing

His F1 debut was a one-off for McLaren, but he returned to the series full-time in 1997 and part of 1998.

He has qualified for 25 Formula One grands prix, debuting on October 22, 1995 in the Pacific Grand Prix in Aida, sitting in for the unwell Mika Häkkinen. He has actually only raced in 24 GPs, because his car was damaged in an accident during the start of the 1997 Brazilian GP causing Magnussen to retire before the restart.

In 1996 Magnussen drove in the CART series.

For 1997-1998 he had a seat in Formula One with the Stewart-Ford team, owned in part by his old F3 boss Paul Stewart. Team founder Jackie Stewart once described him as the best prospect since Ayrton Senna, so his failure to succeed was embarrassing for the team. He scored a total of 1 championship point (in his last race in F1, the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal).

In 1998 he participated in 7 CART races and one ALMS race. In 1999 and 2000 he raced in ALMS with Panoz. 2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and raced in 8 ALMS races. 2002 he also raced for Peugeot in DTC and in 10 ALMS races.

Jan has participated in various classes in the 24 hours of Le Mans every year since 1999. His best results so far are the victories in the GTS class in 2004 and GT1 class in both 2005 and 2006, each time in a Chevrolet Corvette with Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta as team mates.

Also, Jan has participated in the 12 Hours of Sebring every year since 1999. Here, his best result was the 2006 win of the GT1 class.

In 2005, Jan drove a Toyota Corolla in the Danish Touring Car series.

[edit] Present day

Jan is still an active driver, now in the Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and in one of the Pontiac GTO.Rs in the Grand-Am with Paul Edwards as team mate – and of course in the 24 hours of Le Mans. In the Danish Touring Car series he drives a BMW 320si E90 for Team Den Blå Avis Fleggaard Racing.


[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key)

Yr Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1995 McLaren Mercedes BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR PAC
10		 JPN AUS 29th 0
1997 Stewart Ford AUS
Ret		 BRA
Ret		 ARG
10		 SMR
Ret		 MON
7		 ESP
13		 CAN
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
12		 ITA
Ret		 AUT
Ret		 LUX
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 EUR
9		 20th 0
1998 Stewart Ford AUS
Ret		 BRA
10		 ARG
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 ESP
12		 MON
Ret		 CAN
6		 FRA GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA LUX JPN 17th 1
Preceded by
Marc Goossens		 Formula Ford Festival Winner
1992		 Succeeded by
Russell Ingall
Preceded by
Kelvin Burt		 British Formula Three Champion
1994		 Succeeded by
Oliver Gavin

[edit] References

  1. ^ Motorsport Information for April 1994
  2. ^ Motorsport information for April 1994
  3. ^ June 1994 Motorsport Information
  4. ^ AUGUST 1994 Motorsport Information

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