The Dane has delivered strong results with a decent car, and despite his lack of F1 fitness, he has persevered his unexpected return to the F1 grid.
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Kevin Magnussen has never competed in a Formula 1 Sprint Race, but that will change this weekend at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the legendary Imola circuit, and he is excited for the new format and its challenges. When he returned to replace Nikita Mazepin, the popular Haas driver became an instant sensation. Since then, the Dane has delivered strong results with a decent car, and despite his lack of F1 fitness, he has persevered his unexpected return to the F1 grid.
“I think it’s good that they’ve added points for finishing eighth and higher because there’s a pay bonus for points so I’m going to go all out, and the racing is going to be great,” the Dane said. “I think it’s interesting as last year sometimes it was a little less exciting as people were more conservative because there wasn’t as much at stake. Now that there are [more] points, I think we’ll see more tough racing, so I’m looking forward to it.”
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Kevin Magnussen has revealed that dealing with his neck problems has been the most difficult aspect of his return to Formula One. Magnussen would be making a surprise return to the Haas team to replace the recently ousted Nikita Mazepin less than two weeks before the start of the 2022 season. The Danish driver, who last competed in the sport in 2020, made an immediate impact upon his return, finishing fifth in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
With a P9 in Saudi Arabia, Magnussen admitted that he had struggled physically on this occasion because his neck felt like it had “broken” after qualifying on Saturday.
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“There’s not really anything hard to get used to, it’s more [that] the hardest thing [to deal with] has been my neck,” the driver explained. “Because you can’t really train your neck. You can train your neck, but it doesn’t get you fit to drive an F1 car.”
“You can do all the training you want on your neck, and I’ve done that in the past, and you get in the car, and it just hasn’t made any difference. You’re still completely messed up after the first day in the car. So getting back [to that in] these first two races have been quite tough on the neck,” the Dane added.
