Magnussen missed Formula 1 too much

His return after a year of absence was the big surprise of the winter break. Kevin Magnussen returned to Haas, the team that had let him go a year earlier. While this comeback raised some questions, the Danish driver quickly won everyone over by clinching a fifth place in his first Grand Prix in Bahrain.

“K-Mag” admitted to The Race that his comeback was an easy decision because he missed Formula 1 a lot.

« I simply missed Formula 1 racing. I missed all the basic things that come with being an F1 driver – driving the cars, competing against the best drivers in the world, on the best circuits, with the best teams. Those are the things I truly missed. And now that I’m back, it feels like having a fresh pair of eyes, the driver for Haas explains.

Having left for a year to pursue Endurance racing in the United States, Magnussen also became a father, which helped him overcome his disappointment of leaving the top category.

The birth of his daughter Laura simply meant that I had somehow forgotten about Formula 1. It’s not like there was a void or anything. I was so filled with happiness and joy by something new. So I kind of forgot to look back. “»” indicates the man with 126 starts in F1.

To be world champion, a forgotten dream.

Now that he is back in the Formula 1 paddocks, Magnussen takes things less to heart than during his first stint, where his aggressive side didn’t only make him friends on the track.

(D) Formula 1 is no longer as important to me. It is very important, but it is so much easier to enjoy because it is not as important as it used to be. It was too heavy in my life before. Now, it is more balanced. I feel like I can drive more naturally, more freely, in my mind, because my life has taken away some of the weight in terms of Formula 1. (F) explains the Dane.

At 29 years old, Magnussen seems to have become a more mature and calmer driver, which is proving successful on the track as he overwhelmingly dominates his young teammate Mick Schumacher. He has scored points on three occasions, giving him 11 points in the standings, compared to zero for Schumacher.

At the wheel of a Haas that seems much more in trouble than at the beginning of the season, Magnussen is achieving good results. But at 29 years old, he is aware that the peak of his career is probably behind him and that he will probably never fulfill his dream of becoming the first Danish Formula 1 World Champion.

« I would love to be a world champion. Who wouldn’t? I have carried this dream since I was little. But I kind of let go of this dream last year. And it was quite easy to move on to something else.
» Magnussen rebounds with wisdom, already happier to be back in Formula 1, when his story with the sport seemed to be over.