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'Jan Magnussen' (born July 4 1973 in Roskilde) is a race car driver from Denmark and a GM factory driver.

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Career history

Present day

Complete Formula One results

External links

Career history

He has qualified for 25 Formula One grands prix, debuting on October 22, 1995 in the Pacific Grand Prix in Aida, sitting in for the unwell Mika Häkkinen. He has actually only raced in 24 GPs, because his car was damaged in an accident during the start of the 1997 Brazilian GP causing Magnussen to retire before the restart.
In 1996 Magnussen drove in the CART series. For 1997-1998 he had a seat in Formula One with the Stewart-Ford team. Team founder Jackie Stewart once described him as the best prospect since Ayrton Senna, so his failure to succeed was embarrassing for the team. He scored a total of 1 championship point (in his last race in F1, the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal).
In 1998 he participated in 7 CART races and one ALMS race. In 1999 and 2000 he raced in ALMS with Panoz. 2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and raced in 8 ALMS races. 2002 he also raced for Peugeot in DTC and in 10 ALMS races.
Jan has participated in various classes in the 24 hours of Le Mans every year since 1999. His best results so far are the victories in the GTS class in 2004 and GT1 class in both 2005 and 2006, each time in a Chevrolet Corvette with Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta as team mates.
Also, Jan has participated in the 12 Hours of Sebring every year since 1999. Here, his best result was the 2006 win of the GT1 class.
In 2005, Jan drove a Toyota Corolla in the Danish Touring Car series.

Present day

Jan is still an active driver, now in the Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and in one of the Pontiac GTO.Rs in the Grand-Am with Paul Edwards as team mate – and of course in the 24 hours of Le Mans. In the Danish Touring Car series he drives a BMW 320si E90 for Team Den Blå Avis Fleggaard Racing.

Complete Formula One results

() (Races in 'bold' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1995	McLaren	Mercedes	BRA	ARG	SMA	SPA	MON	Can	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC 10	JAP	AUS	29th	0
1997	Stewart	Ford	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 10	SMA Ret	MON 7	SPA 13	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	DEU Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 12	ITA Ret	AUT Ret	LUX Ret	JPN Ret	EUR 9	20th	0
1998	Stewart	Ford	AUS Ret	BRA 10	ARG Ret	SMA Ret	SPA 12	MON Ret	CAN 6	FRA	GBR	AUT	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JAP		17th	1

External links

★ Official page

★ Jan Magnussen taking off with a Chevrolet Corvette C6 at the Nürburgring to qualify for Nordschleife fastest lap times [1]