Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen says his future WRT BMW sports💃car boꦅss Vincent Vosse once “saved my life” when he was a child.

On Thursday morning ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:BMW announced it h🦩ad signed Magnussen to its factory LMDh line-up in sportsc𒅌ar racing for 2025.

Magnussen is no stranger to sportscar racing, with his father Jan a multiple Le Mans 24 Hours class winner, while the outgoing Haas driver contested the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Champio✃nship.

As such, Magnussen told the media - including wuqian0821.com on Thursday in Abu Dhabi - th𝔍at his move to sportscar racing is “like going home”.

“So, it's good to be racing next year,” he said.

“[I’m] happy to be going back to sportscar racing. You know, it kind of feels like 🐭where I grew up, my dad having been in sportscar racing pretty much as long as I can remember.

“I've been around th꧅e tracks and around the big races there. In some way, it kind of feels like going home.”

Magnussen says he has been close with WRT boss Vosse - whose team runs BMW’s factory programme in IMSA and the World Endurance Championship - his whole life, which is how discussions o𝓡ver 2025 came about.

And the Dane also rꦅevealed that Vosse once saved his life when he was a child.

“I have been ta💧lking to Vincent Vosse who's the team owner at WRT, which is the team that runs the BMW WEC team,” he added.

“I've known him since I was a little kid. He once saved my life when I was tw🐷o years old in the swimming pool at his house, because I jumped in the pool, I couldn't swim.

“So he was in a suit, dres🦋sed up for some g💙ala thing that he was going to and he jumped in the pool.

“So, it ruined his day. But hopefully I can m𝔉ake up for that now. So the contact has kind of always been there. I've known him always.”

Magnussen’s full programme with BMW is yet to be anno𓆉unced, but he has confirmed he will make his racing debut with the marque in January’s IMSA season-opener at the Daytona 24 Hours.

IndyCar was an option, while F1 reserve role didn’t suit

Magnussen hadn’t ruled out a testing role in F1 earlier this year when Ha⛦as announced he was being moved aside 🔴as the squad signed Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman for 2025.

The Dane says he is still in di𒐪scussions with Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu about some kind of role with the team next year, but had no desire of being a reserve driver.

“Still talking to Ayao about potentially doing something with the team next year,” he not𒁃ed.

“I don'🌃t think I'm gonna go to that many races, if any. Gonna be busy with BMW and other things.

“I was never going to be a reserve driver. I spoke to Ayao and we agree, of course, you know, he has my number so he can always call me, but I'm not going to be a reserve driver as such, sitting around at every race; waiting for someone to break his leg ♏is not what I want to do.

“I don't need to do that. So it's good to be racing. I've always had ꧒a passion for all sorts of motorsport races ꦍand with the BMW deal that allows them to go and explore and try and win some of these big classic endurance races.”

Magnussen also revealed he explored optio♛ns in IndyCar for 2025, but wasn’t keen on moving his family to the Uni✨ted States.

He previously contested one race in the series in 2021 with Arrow McLaren S𒁃P, finishing 24th in the Grand Prix of Road America.

“I've talked to teams in IndyCar,” he added.

“I think after this many years in Form🉐ula 1, I think IndyCar is hugely attractive from a driver's perspective.

“The competition over t🐎here is fantastic, the tracks, the cars, everything about it is so cool. But I think moving to the US with my family, it just wasn't practical.”