Kevin Magnussen not interested in being an F1 substitute for Haas
New Peugeot🐓 World Endurance Championship driver Kevin Magnussen says he doesn’t have “mu✱ch interest” in returning to Formula 1 as a stand-in for one of Haas’ new signings in 2021.
After losing his Haas seat at the end of 2020, bringing to a close a six-season run in F1, Magnus𒁃sen will compete in the IMSA SportsCar Champio❀nship in North America this year with Chip Ganassi Racing, while the Dane has also been signed by Peugeot to form part of its 2022 WEC line-up.
With stand-in and reseꩵrve drivers becoming more important amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner said he would consider calling upon the services of former drivers Magnussen or Romain Grosjean if the American outfit needed a substitute to replace either Mick Schumacher or Nikita Mazepin this year.
But while Grosjean indicated that he would be 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:op💜en to stepping in for 🍎a one-off appearance for a☂n F1 team, Magnussen says it is not a prospect that appeals to him.
“I think it’s pretty difficult to say at this moment,” Magnussen said about being a potential F1 stand-in. “I don♎’t 🅰think it would really be that interesting.
“I’m always going to be there for the team, I spent some good years with them and I’ll be available for advice. Guenther is a 🍸good friend, as are many people in the🧸 Haas Formula 1 team. But any talks about racing for like a one-off race, I don’t really have much interest in that.
“I like to be fully focused on what I’m doing, and I think, again, I miss winning too much. I🎐’ve done seven years in Formula 1 – doing one more race, just for the matter, I don’t th🍒ink it’s that interesting.”
Asked whether that meant he considered his F1 🍸career to be over, Magnussen replied: “Pretty much.
“I mean, if Mercedes♍ came and asked if I wanted to drive, I think everyone would look at that v🦄ery seriously. But I think I’ve given Formula 1 a very fair shot.
“I think I’ve tried my best to be very successful in this sport, I feel very very lucky to have been able to live my childhood dream of racing in Formula 1, I have a trophy at home ꧃from a Formula 1 race, which is something I was dreaming about as a kid.
“I 𒅌just feel like I gaඣve it a good shot, I’ve done it and I feel like I’m ready to go and win some stuff again, so that’s really where I’m at.”
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