Kevin Magnussen: a no-fear F1 comeback with Haas

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A year out of F1 changed Kevin Magnussen’s world. He became a father, he moved back to his native Denmark with his family and he tasted US sportscars and the Le Mans 24 hours. When the chance to return to F1 with Haas suddenly came along, KMag said yes immediately. No fear. No doubt that it’s where he belongs. Kevin tells Tom Clarkson how it felt to lose his place in F1, why his second stint in the sport feels different, what it’s like racing as a dad, and his goals now he’s back in F1.

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0:00.0	At Honda, we listen to drivers for inspiration, even when they say things we can't play on the radio.
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0:10.4	or when a * doesn't understand how a * roundabout works.
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0:20.7	And to keep all family road trips, family friendly, it's included as standard with the Honda CRV hybrid.
0:27.7	Honda, the power of dreams.
0:31.1	Kevin Magnuson is back in Formula One, and this time he feels different.
0:35.9	Losing F1, having closed the chapter on F1 fully mentally, makes it a little less scary now.
0:42.9	I hope I can have many years in Formula 1 in Formula 1, but I'm not scared anymore.
0:48.0	I don't think it's good to be scared.
0:50.8	Kevin lost his seat at Hass at the end of 2020.
0:54.4	There was disbelief, the dain with driving in his DNA, who delighted McLaren with a podium on his debut in 2014,
1:02.6	and had been a solid point scorer in a midfield car, was out of Formula One.
1:07.8	The big dream, what you're actually literally dream about in the night,
1:12.0	has been winning in Formula One.
1:14.2	And last year, I had to realise that that wasn't going to happen, and come to peace with that.
1:21.5	But then, days before the first race of 2022, Kevin's phone rang.
1:26.8	Hass needed a driver, and they wanted him back.
1:30.3	I said yes immediately, because I could feel in my stomach.
1:33.6	I got all these butterflies, and I was so excited.
1:36.1	All these emotions and feelings that go back so far, you know, to my child who's dreaming of Formula One,
1:41.5	and all that, it just all came back, and I was so excited.
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