Jan Magnussen

Jan Magnussen
Magnussen, January 2009
Nationality	Danish
Born	Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (1973-07-04) 4 July 1973 (age 43) Roskilde, Denmark
Formula One World Championship career Active years 1995, 1997–1998 Teams McLaren, Stewart Entries 25 (24 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 1 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First entry 1995 Pacific Grand Prix Last entry 1998 Canadian Grand Prix
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career 1 race run over 1 year Best finish 63rd (2010) First race 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sears Point) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1999 – Teams Panoz, Audi Sport Japan Team Goh, Corvette Racing Best finish 4th (2003), (2006) Class wins 4 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Champ Car career 11 races run over 2 years Team(s) Marlboro Team Penske (1996) Hogan Penske Racing (1996) Patrick Racing (1999) Best finish 24th – 1996, 1999 First race 1996 Miller 200 (Mid-Ohio) Last race 1999 Honda Indy 300 (Surfers Paradise) Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0 Statistics current as of 5 June 2012.

Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and a factory driver for General Motors. He has competed in several of the most prestigious events in motor sport including CART, NASCAR, the FIA Formula One World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Born in Roskilde, Magnussen dominated the 1994 British Formula 3 championship with Paul Stewart Racing, winning 14 of the 18 events and breaking Ayrton Senna's F3 record. Magnussen scored his first British F3 win that April at Donington Park, also taking pole for the race. He also won at Brands Hatch, twice at Silverstone, and at Thruxton. He won six of the first eight races. He then won again at Donington Park, and both season-ending rounds at Silverstone.

He made his Formula One debut at the 1995 Pacific Grand Prix in Aida, sitting in for Mika Häkkinen, who was unwell. In 1996 Magnussen drove in the CART series and International Touring Car Championship.

For 1997–1998 he had a seat in Formula One with the newly founded Stewart Grand Prix team, owned in part by his old F3 boss Paul Stewart. Team founder Jackie Stewart once described him as, "the most talented young driver to emerge since Ayrton Senna", but his performance was underwhelming. He scored his only championship point in his last race in F1, the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix; for the rest of the season he was replaced by Jos Verstappen. Magnussen started 24 GPs, one less than he entered, because his car was damaged in an accident during the start of the 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix causing him to retire before the restart.