Tuesday, 6 January 2015

No Free Practice outings for Magnussen in 2015

(McLaren-Honda)

Kevin Magnussen has confirmed that he will watching Formula One from the pit-wall this season. The Dane lost his McLaren-Honda race seat at the end of last year after the Woking based outfit decided to pair Fernando Alonso with Jenson Button from the 2015 season onwards. Both Alonso and Button have been signed to the team on multi-year contracts.

It had been thought that Magnussen would be given a chance to drive the new Honda powered McLaren MP4-30 during Free Practice sessions over the course of the season, however this will not be the case.

Replying to a Q&A on his official Twitter feed Magnussen stated:

No Friday practises for me this year. I will be watching from the pitwall :)

It is not yet clear whether or not Magnussen will drive the new car during winter testing which gets underway next month in Jerez from February 1 – 4. McLaren have yet to confirm their plans for the upcoming test days in Jerez and Barcelona.

2015 Formula One Winter Testing schedule:

February 1- 4 Jerez, Spain

February 19 – 22 Barcelona, Circuit de Catalunya

February 26 – 2 March Barcelona, Circuit de Catalunya

© Ben Johnston 2015

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