Jan_Magnussen
Jan Magnussen
Danish racing driver (born 1973)
Jan Ellegaard Magnussen[1] (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA Formula One World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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| Born | Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (1973-07-04) 4 July 1973 (age 50) Roskilde, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lower series racing
Born in Roskilde, Magnussen won the 1992 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, then dominated the 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.[2] He also won at Brands Hatch, twice at Silverstone, and at Thruxton. He won six of the first eight races.[3] He then won again at Donington Park,[4] and both season-ending rounds at Silverstone.[5]
Major series racing
He made his Formula One debut at the 1995 Pacific Grand Prix in Aida, sitting in for Mika Häkkinen, who was unwell; becoming the first Danish to race in the category since Tom Belsø in 1974. In 1996 Magnussen drove in the CART series and International Touring Car Championship.
For 1997–1998 he had a seat in Formula One with the newly founded Stewart Grand Prix team, owned in part by his old F3 boss Paul Stewart. Team founder Jackie Stewart once described him as "the most talented young driver to emerge since Ayrton Senna",[6] but his performance was underwhelming. He scored his only championship point in his last race in F1, the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix; for the rest of the season he was replaced by Jos Verstappen. Magnussen started 24 GPs, one less than he entered, because his car was damaged in an accident during the start of the 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix causing him to retire before the restart.
In 1999 he participated in seven CART races. In 1999 and 2000 he raced in the American Le Mans Series with Panoz. 2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and raced in eight ALMS races. 2002 he also raced for Peugeot in DTC and in ten ALMS races. Jan Magnussen won the 2008 GT1 and 2013 GT drivers' championships, both with Corvette Racing.
Magnussen 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 2005, 2006, and 2009, each time in a Chevrolet Corvette with Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta as teammates in 2005 and 2006, and Johnny O'Connell and Antonio García in 2009.
Also, Magnussen has participated in the 12 Hours of Sebring every year since 1999, winning the GT1 class in 2006, 2008, and 2009.
In 2005, Magnussen drove a Toyota Corolla in the Danish Touring Car Championship.
Present day
Magnussen was still an active driver, competing in the Danish Touring Car Championship (DTC) until 2010 and in a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Antonio Garcia as teammate until 2019 – and in the 24 hours of Le Mans. In the Danish Touring Car series he drove a Chevrolet Lacetti for Perfection Racing. He won the DTC in 2003 and 2008.
On 11 June 2010, it was announced that Magnussen would make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut driving the No. 09 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing at Infineon Raceway. After starting 32nd on the grid, he finished in 12th position.[7]
On 14 June 2010 it was announced that Magnussen and Perfection Racing would not be participating in the DTC, leaving Magnussen and the team to focus on the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup's remaining two rounds.[8]
Magnussen drove the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro with Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Following the Rolex 24, he moved to the team's No. 97 car and competed in the majority of the races with Gunter Schaldach. Magnussen finished 24th in GT points and his best finish was second (Miller) with four top-10s.[9]
On 7 November 2019, Magnussen was confirmed to drive in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series for LM Racing in a VW Golf GTI TCR.[10]
On 22 July 2023 he won Aurum 1006 km endurance race in Lithuania, driving a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 Evo.[11]
Magnussen's oldest son Kevin is also a racing driver, having raced in Formula 1 for McLaren,[12] Renault and Haas F1.[13][14] Kevin mentioned that his father was his first hero when he was a child.[15]
His nephew Dennis Lind, is also a racing driver.
British Formula Three
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
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| 1993 | Paul Stewart Racing | Mugen-Honda | SIL |
THR |
BRH |
DON |
BRH |
SIL |
OUL |
DON |
SIL |
DON |
SNE |
PEM |
SIL |
SIL 4 |
THR 3 |
11th | 7 | |||
| 1994 | Paul Stewart Racing | Mugen-Honda | SIL 3 |
DON 1 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 4 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 1 |
BRH 1 |
THR 1 |
OUL 1 |
DON 1 |
SIL 7 |
SNE Ret |
PEM 1 |
PEM 1 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 1 |
THR 1 |
SIL 1 |
1st | 308 |
Formula One
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| Formula One results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Marlboro McLaren Mercedes | McLaren MP4/10B | Mercedes FO 110 3.0 V10 | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | EUR | PAC 10 |
JPN | AUS | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford | Stewart SF01 | Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 | AUS Ret |
BRA DNS |
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 |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | HSBC Stewart Ford | Stewart SF02 | Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he had completed over 90% of the race distance.
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | AMG-Mercedes | Mercedes C-Class V6 | HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 Ret |
AVU 1 Ret |
AVU 2 7 |
NOR 1 DNS |
NOR 2 DNS |
DIE 1 14 |
DIE 2 5 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 7 |
ALE 1 4 |
ALE 2 2 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 9 |
8th | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Touring Car Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| International Touring Car Championship results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | AMG-Mercedes | Mercedes C-Class V6 | MUG 1 3 |
MUG 2 6 |
HEL 1 Ret |
HEL 2 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
EST 1 2 |
EST 2 1 |
MAG 1 2 |
MAG 2 11 |
2nd | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes C-Class | HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 1 |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 3 |
EST 1 Ret |
EST 2 Ret |
HEL 1 Ret |
HEL 2 DNS |
NOR 1 17† |
NOR 2 DNS |
DIE 1 16 |
DIE 2 Ret |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 Ret |
MUG 1 Ret |
MUG 2 5 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 4 |
INT 1 14 |
INT 2 3 |
SUZ 1 7 |
SUZ 2 3 |
10th | 97 | ||||||||||||||
† – Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
American open-wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
CART
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1996 | Team Penske | Penske PC-25 | Mercedes-Benz IC108C | MIA | RIO | SRF | LBH | NZR | 500 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIS | MDO 14 |
24th | 5 | [16] | |||||||
| Hogan Penske | ROA 26 |
VAN 22 |
LS 8 |
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| 1999 | Patrick Racing | Swift 010.c | Ford XD | MIA | MOT | LBH | NZR | RIO | STL | MIL | POR | CLE | ROA | TOR | MIS | DET 18 |
24th | 8 | [17] | |||||||
| Reynard 99i | MDO 14 |
CHI 24 |
VAN 7 |
LS 17 |
HOU 13 |
SRF 11 |
FON |
24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Daytona
(key)
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Supercars Championship
| Australian Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | Final pos | Points | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Team Dynamik | ADL | PHI | ECK | WIN | PTH | HDV | QLD | ORP | SAN WD† |
BAT 11 |
SUR | PUK | ECK | NC | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Paul Morris Motorsport | YMC R1 |
YMC R2 |
ADE R3 |
ADE R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
PER R7 |
PER R8 |
PER R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
HDV R12 |
HDV R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
QLD R18 |
PHI Q |
PHI R19 |
BAT R20 |
SUR R21 22 |
SUR R22 8 |
SYM R23 |
SYM R24 |
SAN R25 |
SAN R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
67th | 129 | ||||||||||||
† Withdrew due to licence problems
Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Team Dynamik | Holden Commodore VY |  Nicolas Minassian |
11th | 158 |
European Touring Car Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| European Touring Car Championship results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Peugeot Sport Engineering | Peugeot 307 Gti | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
VAL 1 11 |
VAL 2 Ret |
MAG 1 19† |
MAG 2 18† |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 12 |
BRN 1 15 |
BRN 2 Ret |
DON 1 19 |
DON 2 Ret |
SPA 1 17 |
SPA 2 18 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
DUB 1 12 |
DUB 2 DNS |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Magnussen did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points. * Season still in progress.
Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | LM Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | JYL 1 3 |
JYL 2 4 |
JYL 3 NC |
JYL 1 7 |
JYL 2 Ret |
JYL 3 5 |
JYL 4 2 |
JYL 5 Ret |
JYL 6 4 |
DJU 1 1 |
DJU 2 2 |
DJU 3 1 |
PAD 1 C |
PAD 2 C |
PAD 3 C |
JYL 1 3 |
JYL 2 3 |
JYL 3 2 |
4th | 215 | |||
| 2021 | LM Racing | CUPRA León Competición TCR | DJU 1 1 |
DJU 2 1 |
DJU 3 1 |
JYL 1 1 |
JYL 2 6 |
JYL 3 1 |
COP 1 Ret |
COP 2 DNS |
COP 3 DNS |
JYL 1 |
JYL 2 |
JYL 3 |
ARH 1 1 |
ARH 2 4 |
ARH 3 DNS |
JYL 1 2 |
JYL 2 1 |
JYL 3 2 |
PAD 1 1 |
PAD 2 3 |
PAD 3 3 |
3rd | 309 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2010 | Phoenix Racing | 09 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON 12 |
NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 63rd | 127 | [19] | ||
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- Official website
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- Jan Magnussen career summary at DriverDB.com