Kevin & Jan Magnussen: “We are happiest in a car”

Having just left the Haas F1 Team at the end of 2020, the young Dane bounced back by finding refuge with Chip Ganassi Racing in IMSA. His transition year - before joining the Peugeot 9X8 program - already looked like a full-scale apprenticeship in endurance racing. When the High Class Racing team announced on its Oreca 07 the presence of Kevin and Jan Magnussen for Le Mans, this 2021 vintage took a completely different turn.

Published 26/07/2021 à 16:00

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Kevin & Jan Magnussen: “We are happiest in a car”

Congratulations Kevin, you will be participating in your very first edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Before talking about it, a little history. We imagine that you know in which year your father started at Le Mans?

Kevin: I remember it, but it was a long time ago. (Laughs) I was only 6 or 7 years old! Was it in 1999 with the Panoz Roadster?

Jan : Exactly. It was a really crazy car, I have very good memories of it. Like with the Corvettes, the noise of the Panoz resonated everywhere, we could be heard.

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