Jan Magnussen

Former F1 driver

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Name = Jan Magnussen
Nationality = flagicon|Denmark Danish
Years = F1|1995, F1|1997 – F1|1998
Team(s) = McLaren, Stewart
Races = 25
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
Points = 1
First race = 1995 Pacific Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1998 Canadian Grand PrixLe Mans drivers | Years = 1999 - 2006
Team(s) = 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.

Career history

Lower series racing

Magnussen had a dominating 1994 British Formula 3 championship with Paul Stewart Racing, winning 14 of the 18 events and breaking Ayrton Senna's F3 record.Magnussen scored his first British F3 win that April at Donington Park, also taking pole for the race [ [http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1994/april94.html Motorsport Information for April 1994 ] ] . He also won at Brands Hatch, twice at Silverstone, and at Thruxton. He won six of the first eight races. [ [http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1994/may94.html Motorsport information for April 1994 ] ] He then won again at Donington Park, [ [http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1994/june94.html June 1994 Motorsport Information ] ] and both season-ending rounds at Silverstone [ [http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1994/august94.html AUGUST 1994 Motorsport Information ] ] .

Major series racing

His F1 debut was a 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). He was replaced by Jos Verstappen for the rest of the 1998 season.

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.

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.

Complete Formula One results

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References

External links

* [http://www.janmagnussen.com/ Official page]
* [http://janmagnussen.com/gallery.asp?GalleryID=1124467865 Jan Magnussen taking off with a Chevrolet Corvette C6 at the Nürburgring to qualify for Nordschleife fastest lap times ]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61dSXzOCzHE Corvette C5-R at Le Mans 2004]