Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA Formula One World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Career history

Lower series racing

Born in Roskilde, Magnussen won the 1992 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, then 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.

Major series racing

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.

In 1999 he participated in 7 CART races. In 1999 and 2000 he raced in the American Le Mans Series with Panoz. 2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and raced in 8 ALMS races. 2002 he also raced for Peugeot in DTC and in 10 ALMS races. Jan Magnussen won the 2008 GT1 and 2013 GT drivers' championships, both with Corvette Racing.

Magnussen has participated in various classes in the 24 hours of Le Mans every year since 1999. His best results so far are the victories in the GTS class in 2004 and GT1 class in 2005, 2006, and 2009, each time in a Chevrolet Corvette with Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta as teammates in 2005 and 2006, and Johnny O'Connell and Antonio García in 2009.

Also, Magnussen has participated in the 12 Hours of Sebring every year since 1999, winning the GT1 class in 2006, 2008, and 2009.

In 2005, Magnussen drove a Toyota Corolla in the Danish Touring Car Championship.

Present day

Magnussen was still an active driver, competing in the Danish Touring Car Championship (DTC) until 2010 and in a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Antonio Garcia as teammate until 2019 – and in the 24 hours of Le Mans. In the Danish Touring Car series he drove a Chevrolet Lacetti for Perfection Racing. He won the DTC in 2003 and 2008.

On 11 June 2010, it was announced that Magnussen would make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut driving the No. 09 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing at Infineon Raceway. After starting 32nd on the grid, he finished in 12th position.

On 14 June 2010 it was announced that Magnussen and Perfection Racing would not be participating in the DTC, leaving Magnussen and the team to focus on the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup's remaining two rounds.

Magnussen drove the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro with Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Following the Rolex 24, he moved to the team's No. 97 car and competed in the majority of the races with Gunter Schaldach. Magnussen finished 24th in GT points and his best finish was second (Miller) with four top-10s.

On 7 November 2019, Magnussen was confirmed to drive in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series for LM Racing in a VW Golf GTI TCR.

Family

Magnussen's oldest son Kevin is also a racing driver, having raced in Formula 1 for McLaren, Renault and Haas F1. Kevin mentioned that his father was his first hero when he was a child.

Motorsports career results

Formula One

(key)

Formula One results Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points 1995 Marlboro McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4/10B Mercedes FO 110 3.0 V10 BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR PAC
10 JPN AUS NC 0 1997 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret BRA
DNS ARG
10^† SMR
Ret MON
7 ESP
13 CAN
Ret FRA
Ret GBR
Ret GER
Ret HUN
Ret BEL
12 ITA
Ret AUT
Ret LUX
Ret JPN
Ret EUR
9 NC 0 1998 HSBC Stewart Ford Stewart SF02 Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret BRA
10 ARG
Ret SMR
Ret ESP
12 MON
Ret CAN
6 FRA GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA LUX JPN 17th 1

† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he had completed over 90% of the race distance.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts 1995 AMG-Mercedes Mercedes C-Class V6 HOC
1
4 HOC
2
Ret AVU
1
Ret AVU
2
7 NOR
1
DNS NOR
2
DNS DIE
1
14 DIE
2
5 NÜR
1
Ret NÜR
2
7 ALE
1
4 ALE
2
2 HOC
1
Ret HOC
2
9 8th 49

International Touring Car Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

International Touring Car Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos. Pts 1995 AMG-Mercedes Mercedes C-Class V6 MUG
1
3 MUG
2
6 HEL
1
Ret HEL
2
2 DON
1 DON
2 EST
1
2 EST
2
1 MAG
1
2 MAG
2
11 2nd 83 1996 Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG Mercedes C-Class HOC
1
2 HOC
2
1 NÜR
1
7 NÜR
2
3 EST
1
Ret EST
2
Ret HEL
1
Ret HEL
2
DNS NOR
1
17† NOR
2
DNS DIE
1
16 DIE
2
Ret SIL
1 SIL
2 NÜR
1 NÜR
2 MAG
1
Ret MAG
2
Ret MUG
1
Ret MUG
2
5 HOC
1
Ret HOC
2
4 INT
1
14 INT
2
3 SUZ
1
7 SUZ
2
3 10th 97

† – Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

CART

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points 1996 Team Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz IC108C MIA RIO SRF LBH NZR 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS MDO
14 24th 5 Hogan Penske ROA
26 VAN
22 LS
8 1999 Patrick Racing Swift 010.c Ford XD MIA MOT LBH NZR RIO STL MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MIS DET
18 24th 8 Reynard 99i MDO
14 CHI
24 VAN
7 LS
17 HOU
13 SRF
11 FON

24 Hours of Le Mans

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos. 1999 Panoz Motorsports Johnny O'Connell
Max Angelelli Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Ford LMP 323 11th 9th 2000 Panoz Motorsports David Brabham
Mario Andretti Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 315 15th 8th 2001 Panoz Motorsports David Brabham
Franck Lagorce Panoz LMP07-Élan LMP900 85 DNF DNF 2002 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham
Bryan Herta Panoz LMP01 Evo-Élan LMP900 90 DNF DNF 2003 Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Seiji Ara
Marco Werner Audi R8 LMP900 370 4th 2nd 2004 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS 345 6th 1st 2005 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 349 5th 1st 2006 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 355 4th 1st 2007 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 342 6th 2nd 2008 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 344 14th 2nd 2009 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 342 15th 1st 2010 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2 225 DNF DNF 2011 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro 211 DNF DNF 2012 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro 326 23rd 5th 2013 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro 312 19th 4th 2014 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 338 14th 2nd 2015 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 0 DNS DNS 2016 Corvette Racing - GM Antonio García
Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 336 25th 7th 2017 Corvette Racing - GM Antonio García
Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 340 19th 3rd 2018 Corvette Racing - GM Antonio García
Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 342 18th 4th 2019 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 337 28th 8th 2020 JMW Motorsport Richard Heistand
Max Root Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am 335 30th 6th 2021 High Class Racing Anders Fjordbach
Kevin Magnussen Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 336 29th 17th

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class pos. 2005 DP Doran Racing Pontiac-Doran Bobby Labonte
Bryan Herta
Terry Labonte 675 9 ^DNF 9 ^DNF 2006 GT The Racer's Group Pontiac GTO.R Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins
Andy Pilgrim 633 26 13 2007 DP SunTrust Racing Pontiac Riley DP Wayne Taylor
Max Angelelli
Jeff Gordon 666 3 3 2008 GT Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins 647 17 7 2009 GT Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins 689 12 4 2010 GT Stevenson Motorsports Chevy Camaro GT.R Robin Liddell
Andrew Davis 683 11 4 2011 GT Stevenson Motorsports Chevy Camaro GT.R Robin Liddell
Ronnie Bremer 629 26 12 2012 DP Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP Antonio García
Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook 629 8 8 2013 GT Stevenson Motorsports Chevy Camaro GT.R John Edwards
Robin Liddell
Tommy Milner 595 36 ^DNF 23 ^DNF 2014 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevy Corvette C7.R Antonio García
Ryan Briscoe 329 60 ^DNF 10 ^DNF 2015 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevy Corvette C7.R Antonio García
Ryan Briscoe 725 4 1 2016 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevy Corvette C7.R Antonio García
Mike Rockenfeller 722 8 2 2017 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevy Corvette C7.R Antonio García
Mike Rockenfeller 652 8 4 2018 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevy Corvette C7.R Antonio García
Mike Rockenfeller 781 13 3 2019 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevy Corvette C7.R Antonio García
Mike Rockenfeller 563 16 6

Supercars Championship

Australian Supercars results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Final pos Points 2003 Team Dynamik ADL PHI ECK WIN PTH HDV QLD ORP SAN
WD† BAT
11 SUR PUK ECK NC 152 2011 Paul Morris Motorsport YMC
R1 YMC
R2 ADE
R3 ADE
R4 HAM
R5 HAM
R6 PER
R7 PER
R8 PER
R9 WIN
R10 WIN
R11 HDV
R12 HDV
R13 TOW
R14 TOW
R15 QLD
R16 QLD
R17 QLD
R18 PHI
Q PHI
R19 BAT
R20 SUR
R21
22 SUR
R22
8 SYM
R23 SYM
R24 SAN
R25 SAN
R26 SYD
R27 SYD
R28 67th 129

† Withdrew due to licence problems

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2003 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore VY Nicolas Minassian 11th 158

European Touring Car Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

European Touring Car Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2004 Peugeot Sport Engineering Peugeot 307 Gti MNZ
1 MNZ
2 VAL
1
11 VAL
2
Ret MAG
1
19† MAG
2
18† HOC
1
10 HOC
2
12 BRN
1
15 BRN
2
Ret DON
1
19 DON
2
Ret SPA
1
17 SPA
2
18 IMO
1 IMO
2 OSC
1 OSC
2 DUB
1
12 DUB
2
DNS NC 0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points 2014 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
10 SEB
8 LBH
1 LGA
1 WGL
1 MOS
1 IMS
4 ROA
6 VIR
7† COA
9 PET
8 9th 293 2015 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
1 SEB
1 LBH
3 LGA
7 WGL
4 MOS
3 ROA
4 VIR
6 COA
6 PET
6 3rd 295 2016 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
2 SEB
9 LBH
9 LGA
4 WGL
7 MOS
3 LRP
2 ROA
6 VIR
1 COA
3 PET
4 3rd 319 2017 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
4 SEB
1 LBH
5 COA
1 WGL
3 MOS
4 LRP
4 ROA
4 VIR
1 LGA
4 PET
2 1st 334 2018 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
3 SEB
8 LBH
4 MDO
3 WGL
2 MOS
2 LRP
2 ROA
3 VIR
2 LGA
3 PET
8 1st 322 2019 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
6 SEB
3 LBH
2 MDO
2 WGL
2 MOS
7 LIM
5 ELK
4 VIR
3 LGA
3 PET
4 3rd 317

† Magnussen did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2020 LM Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR JYL
1
3 JYL
2
4 JYL
3
NC JYL
1
7 JYL
2
Ret JYL
3
5 JYL
4
2 JYL
5
Ret JYL
6
4 DJU
1
1 DJU
2
2 DJU
3
1 PAD
1
C PAD
2
C PAD
3
C JYL
1
3 JYL
2
3 JYL
3
2 4th 215 2021 LM Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR DJU
1
1 DJU
2
1 DJU
3
1 JYL
1
1 JYL
2
6 JYL
3
1 COP
1
Ret COP
2
DNS COP
3
DNS JYL
1 JYL
2 JYL
3 ARH
1
1 ARH
2
4 ARH
3
DNS JYL
1
2 JYL
2
1 JYL
3
2 PAD
1
1 PAD
2
3 PAD
3
3 3rd 309

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2021 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
9 ALG
9 MNZ
9 LMS BHR BHR 26th 7