Kevin Magnussen, a former Haas and McLaren F1 driver, will return to McLaren this weekend to fill in for the injured Felix Rosenqvist and make his IndyCar debut.
Magnussen, who won the 2014 Australian Grand Prix for McLaren, retired from Formula One at the end of last season and moved to the United States to compete in sports cars, while teammate Romain Grosjean moved to IndyCar after Haas decided to sign rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2021 and beyond.
Because regular Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar racer Felix Rosenqvist was injured in a crash at the previous round and will be unable to compete in this weekend’s race at Road America, Grosjean and Magnussen will race in the same field once again.
McLaren’s IndyCar-F1 relations have been deepened when Fernando Alonso sported papaya in the 2017 Indianapolis 500, before the Woking team entered the championship full-time in 2020 with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, even fielding ex-F1 racer Juan Pablo Montoya at Indianapolis this season.
In addition, after winning his first IndyCar race for the team, Patricio O’Ward has been offered a McLaren F1 test at the end of the season.
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