Career history

Lower series racing

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.

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 Driver's 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 team mates 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 is still an active driver, now in the Danish Touring Car Championship (DTC) and in a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the American Le Mans Series with Antonio Garcia as team mate - and of course in the 24 hours of Le Mans. In the Danish Touring Car series he drives a Chevrolet Lacetti for Perfection Racing. He has won the DTC on two occasions 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 became public 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.

Family

Magnussen's eldest son, Kevin Magnussen is also a racing driver, who raced in Formula 1 for McLaren during 2014, and is signed up by Renault F1 for 2016. Kevin mentioned that his father was his first hero when he was a child.

Motorsports career results

Formula One

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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	JPN	AUS	NC	0
1997	HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford	Stewart SF01	Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUT	LUX	JPN	EUR	NC	0
1998	HSBC Stewart Ford	Stewart SF02	Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	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	HOC 2	AVU 1	AVU 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	DIE 1	DIE 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ALE 1	ALE 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	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	MUG 2	HEL 1	HEL 2	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1	EST 2	MAG 1	MAG 2																	2nd	83
1996	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes C-Class	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	EST 1	EST 2	HEL 1	HEL 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	DIE 1	DIE 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	INT 1	INT 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	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

Champ Car results
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								24th	5
	Hogan Penske																ROA	VAN	LS
1999	Patrick Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford XD	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET								24th	8
		Reynard 99i															MDO	CHI	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * - Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2010	Phoenix Racing	09	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	63rd	127

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

24 Hours of Daytona

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24 Hours of Daytona results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2005	DP	44	Doran Racing	Pontiac-Doran	Bobby Labonte Bryan Herta Terry Labonte	675	9	9
2006	GT	64	The Racer's Group	Pontiac GTO.R	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim	633	26	13
2007	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Pontiac Riley DP	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon	666	3	3
2008	GT	07	Banner Racing	Pontiac GXP.R	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins	647	17	7
2009	GT	07	Banner Racing	Pontiac GXP.R	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins	689	12	4
2010	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Chevy Camaro GT.R	Robin Liddell Andrew Davis	683	11	4
2011	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Chevy Camaro GT.R	Robin Liddell Ronnie Bremer	629	26	12
2012	DP	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Corvette DP	Antonio García Oliver Gavin Richard Westbrook	629	8	8
2013	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Chevy Camaro GT.R	John Edwards Robin Liddell Tommy Milner	595	36	23
2014	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Chevy Corvette C7.R	Antonio García Ryan Briscoe	329	60	10
2015	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Chevy Corvette C7.R	Antonio García Ryan Briscoe	725	4	1
2016	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Chevy Corvette C7.R	Antonio García Mike Rockenfeller	722	8	2

V8 Supercar

V8 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	BAT	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	SUR R22	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28	67th	129

† Withdrew due to licence problems

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	VAL 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	DON 1	DON 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	DUB 1	DUB 2	NC	0

World Touring Car Championship

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

World 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	Points
2006	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	ITA 1	ITA 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0

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