Magnussen no longer has weight of F1 title dream on his shoulders

Magnussen and team-mate Romain Grosjean were replaced by rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2021, largely for financial reasons.

But after Haas terminated Mazepin’s contract in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, due to the Mazepin family’s links with the Russian Kremlin, Magnussen was brought back and given a second chance alongside Schumacher.

Magnussen said the year out of the category had made him accept his dream of one day becoming an F1 world…