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Jan Magnussen was born on 4 July, 1973 in Denmark, is a Danish racing driver (born 1973). Discover Jan Magnussen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Age 50 years old
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Born 4 July, 1973
Birthday 4 July
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Nationality Denmark

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1924

Magnussen finished 24th in GT points and his best finish was second (Miller) with four top-10s.

1932

After starting 32nd on the grid, he finished in 12th position.

1973

Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season.

He has competed in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA Formula One World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

1992

Born in Roskilde, Magnussen won the 1992 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, then 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.

1995

He made his Formula One debut at the 1995 Pacific Grand Prix in Aida, sitting in for Mika Häkkinen, who was unwell; becoming the first Danish to race in the category since Tom Belsø in 1974.

1996

In 1996 Magnussen drove in the CART series and International Touring Car Championship.

1997

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.

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.

1998

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.

1999

In 1999 he participated in seven CART races.

In 1999 and 2000 he raced in the American Le Mans Series with Panoz.

Magnussen has participated in various classes in the 24 hours of Le Mans every year since 1999.

Also, Magnussen has participated in the 12 Hours of Sebring every year since 1999, winning the GT1 class in 2006, 2008, and 2009.

2001

2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and raced in eight ALMS races.

2002

2002 he also raced for Peugeot in DTC and in ten ALMS races.

2003

He won the DTC in 2003 and 2008.

2004

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 teammates in 2005 and 2006, and Johnny O'Connell and Antonio García in 2009.

2005

In 2005, Magnussen drove a Toyota Corolla in the Danish Touring Car Championship.

2008

Jan Magnussen won the 2008 GT1 and 2013 GT drivers' championships, both with Corvette Racing.

2010

Magnussen was still an active driver, competing in the Danish Touring Car Championship (DTC) until 2010 and in a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Antonio Garcia as teammate until 2019 – and in the 24 hours of Le Mans.

In the Danish Touring Car series he drove a Chevrolet Lacetti for Perfection Racing.

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.

On 14 June 2010 it was announced 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.

2019

On 7 November 2019, Magnussen was confirmed to drive in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series for LM Racing in a VW Golf GTI TCR.

On 22 July 2023 he won Aurum 1006 km endurance race in Lithuania, driving a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 Evo.

Magnussen's oldest son Kevin is also a racing driver, having raced in Formula 1 for McLaren, Renault and Haas F1.

Kevin mentioned that his father was his first hero when he was a child.

His nephew Dennis Lind, is also a racing driver.

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† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he had completed over 90% of the race distance.

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