McLaren-Honda has confirmed Kevin Magnussen will give the McLaren-Honda MꦑP4-30 an unexpected race debut in Australia after being called up to replace the sidelined Fernando Alonso.

The Dane, who competed with McLaren last season before demoted🌺 to a reserve role in favour of signing two-time champion Alonso, has been on standby since his replacement crashed during pre-season testing and was made a doubt for the opening round.

Though McLaren stated its confidence that Alonso would race in Melbourne, the subsequent announcement that he has been 168澳洲5最新开奖🌊结果:ruled out on the advice of his medical team means M💙agnussen will rejoin Jenson Button in giving the Honda-powered car its first outing at Albert Park.

The call-up will see Magnussen return to a happy hunting ground twelve months after finishing second in his f💜irst F1 race at Albert Park in 2014, a result that would remain his best to the end of h🦩is rookie season.

However, Magnussen will be hard pushed to manage a repeat♈ as McLaren continues to struggle to bring its new car up to speed following a series of technical issues throughout pre-season testing. Though Magnussen did get one day in the car, he managed just 39 laps before problems set in.

Magnussen finished his first season🍸 of F1 racing in 2014 11th overal🅰l.