Driver set for F1 axe told he “damaged reputation” with “crazy things”

Has Kevin Magnussen cost himself a 2025 drive?

Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen ꧟has one foot outside of F1 as he struggles to find a seat for 202𝐆5.

It has already been confirmed that he will leave Haas when he contract expires later this year, an𒉰d cars for next year are quickly being filled.

Carlos﷽ Sainz’s co⛎nfirmation at Williams and rumours of Jack Doohan leading the hunt for the Alpine mean Magnussen might have nowhere to go.

“Kevin has f🐼lashes of brilliance. I still there’s a place for him,” Eddie Jordan told the Formula For Success podcast.

“I’d put Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg as 🌸similar in terms of driving style, and peopl𒉰e.

“Kevin damaged his reputation with some of the craz🎐y things that he did earlier in the year.

“I’m not sure if that resonates with other 🍷team principals.”

Magnussen, at the F1 Miami Grand Prix, picked up fou🍃r penalties during the sprint race then a 10-second time penalty 𓂃and two penalty points in the grand prix.

His 35 seconds’ worth of penalties for🌄 a race-long scrap with Lewis Hamilton demoted Magnussen from 10th to 18th on the Saturday.

Magnussen admitted his punishments ꦺwere “deserved”, honesty w♍hich Hamilton praised as “pretty cool”.

But his crash with Willi🌞ams’ Logan Sargeant on the Sunday was described as “just sillyಞ and unnecessary” by Martin Brundle.

Now, with nowhere to turn for 2025, Magnussen looks set for the F1 🍒axe.

Sauber, who will transform into Audi in 2💧026, have missed out on signing Ferrari’s Sainz so have a vacancy next to Hulkenberg for next year.

But Jordan suggested they steer clear of committing t🔥o Magnussen, ಌsaying: “My guess is that they’d be far wiser to hold on.

“Why do they neeꦰd a second driver✱? They can hire people in.

“All you’re doing is building up a wa꧋ge packet and structure.

“Hire Kevin, i🔴f you want to. It’d be a fine idea in many respects.

“But, at the same time, t𝓡he financial gurus at Audi will be looking at ‘what is the cost of th𒈔is?’”

There is a seat at Sauber, a vacant Alpine, and one RB still unconfirmed for 2025 but Magnussen is not a leading contender fo꧂r any of them.

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