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BMW indicators Magnussen to LMDh roster as manufacturing facility driver for 2025
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BMW indicators Magnussen to LMDh roster as manufacturing facility driver for 2025

By Miles Cooper December 5, 2024
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Kevin Magnussen will be a part of BMW to race its M Hybrid V8 LMDh automotive subsequent yr after departing the Haas Method 1 workforce.

The announcement made on the eve of his remaining race for Haas in Abu Dhabi didn’t stipulate which collection Magnussen will contest as a manufacturing facility driver for BMW, which has a presence within the World Endurance Championship and North America’s IMSA SportsCar Championship with the WRT and RLL groups.

Magnussen’s earlier sportscar expertise counts a season with a Chip Ganassi Racing-run Cadillac DPi-V.R in the course of the 2021 IMSA marketing campaign, through which he and Renger van der Zande received in Detroit.

He additionally made a single Le Mans 24 Hours begin within the LMP2 class in 2021 and made a Gulf 12 Hours cameo aboard a Ferrari 488 GT3 in 2022.

“Kevin Magnussen is an excellent addition to our LMDh programme,” mentioned BMW Motorsport boss Andreas Roos. “He has repeatedly demonstrated his velocity on the highest stage in Method 1 over the previous decade. 

“Due to his intensive expertise, he’s a real asset to our venture. His earlier full season with a sportscar prototype in 2021 is one other benefit for us, as it’ll absolutely ease his acclimatisation to the BMW M Hybrid V8. 

BMW indicators Magnussen to LMDh roster as manufacturing facility driver for 2025

#20 BMW M Group WRT BMW M Hybrid V8: Valentino Rossi

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“I’m very delighted that Kevin Magnussen is a part of the BMW M Motorsport household now.”

Magnussen remarked: “I’m comfortable and proud to characterize such an iconic motorsport model as BMW in a number of the world’s most legendary races. 

“After 10 years in Method 1, I’m embarking on a brand new and thrilling chapter, and I look ahead to taking over the problem in essentially the most modern and superior sportscars within the historical past of endurance racing. 

“An enormous thanks to BMW M Motorsport for this improbable alternative. I can hardly wait to begin the preparations and look ahead to kicking off the 2025 season with the remainder of the workforce.”

BMW has said that its full driver line-up throughout each collection will likely be introduced sooner or later.

Briton Nick Yelloly, who raced an RLL BMW in IMSA for the previous two seasons, has departed its roster to hitch the Meyer Shank Racing Acura workforce with van der Zande.

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Magnussen’s F1 profession peaked with second on his debut with McLaren within the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. After two years with the workforce his father Jan made his F1 debut for in 1995, he spent a season with Renault earlier than embarking on the primary of two stints at Haas.

The Dane initially misplaced his journey on the finish of 2020, earlier than returning to Haas for 2022 when Nikita Mazepin was dropped on the eve of the season.

His 185th grand prix begin this weekend comes as Haas prepares to welcome an all-new driver line-up for 2025, with Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon becoming a member of the squad subsequent yr.

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