 Kevin Magnussen akava mutyairi wekutanga wechiDanish wechipiri-chizvarwa muFormula One paakatanga mu2014 Australian Grand Prixnokuda kwaMcLaren. Mwanakomana waJan akarova pasi achimhanya aine giredhi repamusoro-soro kubva muna 2007 uye nzvimbo dzakakwirira kwazvo dzekupedzisa kune mudiki kubva muna 1996, kutanga wechina uye kupedzisa wechipiri zvichitevera kusabvumidzwa kwaDaniel Ricciardo. Magnussen zvisinei akakundikana kuenderera mberi nekumhanya uku kwechimiro uye kunyangwe akaenderera mberi nemapoinzi akapedza gore rose ra2014 akazviwana ari parutivi mushure mekunge McLaren yazivisa mutyairi wavo wa2015 mutyairi waJenson Button naFernando Alonso. Kunyangwe izvi, Magnussen aizodikanwa kuzadza Alonso pamutambo wekuvhura wa2015, iyo, zvichitevera kudonha kweSpanish mukuyedza zvisinei haana kutanga sezvo injini yake yakatadza munzira yake kuenda kunzvimbo yekutanga. 