in ,

MAGNUSSEN glad to be BACK: “I feel a little pain in my neck”

Kevin Magnussen has already said goodbye to Formula 1 and never thought he would return to the royal class of motorsport. However, he will drive the entire season for the Haas team this year. The Dane spoke about his first day behind the wheel.

Kevin Magnussen is happy to be back in Formula One after a slight neck ache after the first day of work - Photo: HB Press

Haas had a hard time with his Russian sponsor uralkali. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the American team said goodbye to the sponsor and his appearance. And under these conditions also a racer Nikita Mazepina they could not or did not want to keep. Rus otherwise took the test in Barcelona, but for testing in Bahrain they chose Magnussen, who returned to Formula 1 at the last minute.

Because circumstancesrelated to by transporting their equipment, organized by Formula 1, is a team Haas received something additional hours testing compared to others. And in his first test yesterday, he did Magnussen set in this extra time of one hour as well fastest time of the day. A nice comeback then, entirely in the tradition of his Formula One debut 2014 Magnussen won in his first race as a permanent racer another place na Australian GP.

Dane he looked back at his own at the end of the day intense afternoon"It's nice to be back. Driving a Formula 1 car is always fun. I didn’t know I missed it so much. The initial feeling is good, at least in my afternoon there were no major problems with the race car. Let's move on tomorrow. My neck hurts a little now, but I’m glad I’m back."     

Add an answer

Your email address will not be published. * indicates required fields

RICCIARDO positive for KORONAVIRUS, performance in the INTRODUCTORY race is not endangered

Ducati's BAGNAI APOLOGY for the poor BEGINNING of the MotoGP season