BMW, Cadillac, Haas… What are the future possibilities for Magnussen?

The 32-year-old driver will not be retained as a regular driver by the team. Haas en Formula 1 at the end of the season, while the American team will trust Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon in 2025. With only one uncertainty regarding whether or not Sergio Perez will remain at Red Bull, there is no longer any possibility for Magnussen to regain a starting place on the grid. Which does not seem to worry the main person concerned too much.

« It's going pretty well, assured Kevin Magnussen on the sidelines of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. In a way, I don't really think about it. Next year I won't be in F1, that's for sure. I've learned over the years, with my experience in F1, that every race you do, you just have to enjoy it. As long as it lasts, you have to enjoy it. That's what I'm going to do. "If he allows himself to philosophize, it is because the man knows the situation well now, having been confronted with it twice, at the end of 2014 and at the end of 2020.

Back in F1 in 2026 with Cadillac?

This last time, it was in another discipline that Magnussen bounced back. In this case, in Endurance. In 2021, he participated in a full season in IMSA with Cadillac and Chip Ganassi Racing as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans in LM P2 with his father Jan. Let us also remember that he had signed up with Peugeot to compete in the World Endurance Championship in 2022, but that he had finally decided to leave the adventure to return to Haas in F1 in order to replace Nikita mazepin, ousted from the team after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

While some rumours indicate a possible arrival of Kevin Magnussen at BMW and WRT next season in WEC, we can confirm that discussions are underway on this subject. The native of Roskilde (Denmark) could thus represent the propeller firm in the Hypercar category while occupying a possible reserve role at Haas, his current team, but the recent announcement of Cadillac's arrival on the Formula 1 grid in 2026 could turn everything upside down. Especially since the American manufacturer is looking for an experienced driver to lead its project and the Dane is experiencing a certain return to form at the end of the season.

« With Ayao Komatsu (team principal of the Haas team. Editor's note), we talked about what we could do together, but there is a new team coming in and that changes the game in terms of thinking. I drove for Cadillac in IMSA in 2021 and I know the people involved in the Formula 1 project very well. I haven't spoken to them yet but I will obviously do so. » To make a third return to the Formula 1 grid as a starter in 2026?

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