He had deals in place to race in the WEC with Peugeot and IMSA with Ganassi this year. Magnussen said he was “very surprised but equally very excited” to be recalled by his former team. “Pietro’s going to be first in this week with half a day’s running at the test on Thursday – that’s a great opportunity for him, with Mick and Kevin doing the rest ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix.” “Kevin’s immediate availability means we can tap into him as a resource for pre-season testing alongside both Mick Schumacher and Pietro Fittipaldi. Rehiring Magnussen was a “straightforward decision”, said Steiner. Prior to that he also raced for McLaren and Renault, scoring a podium for the former on his debut in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
He previously drove for the team between 20. The three day test, which begins tomorrow, will be the final opportunity for all ten F1 teams to prepare for the opening race of the 2022 season, taking place the following weekend in Bahrain.
Magnussen will step into the Haas VF-22 for the first time this week at the second pre-season test in Bahrain. The decision to recall Magnussen, who last drove for the team in 2020, comes despite Haas team principal Guenther Steiner previously suggesting that the team’s reserve driver, Pietro Fittipaldi, would have “first call” on a race seat should Mazepin lose his role in the team.
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The move follows the team’s decision to terminate its sponsorship agreement with Uralkali, whom Mazepin’s father Dmitry is CEO of, and drop Mazepin as a race driver as a result of consequences from the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
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