Danish motorsports talent sign contract with McLaren

Søren Holm Pedersen · Feb 14, 2012

More here:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/02/14/kevin-magnussen-mclaren-test-chance/

This is absolutely stunning big news for us danes! All my congratulations, best of wishes and every possible positive thought is sent towards Kevin Magnussen! I hope, for what it's worth, that he ultimately gets to race with McLaren

Awesome!

Ole Marius Myrvold · Feb 14, 2012

Well, just hope he'll do better than his dad then

Markus Neumann · Feb 14, 2012

Does McLaren have some kind of a Scandinavian fetish? Hakkinen, Räikkönen, Kovalainen, now this guy? Looks promising though.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Feb 14, 2012

You could include his dad, Jan Magnussen in that list as well

Hampus Andersson · Feb 14, 2012

Ole Marius Myrvold said:
You could include his dad, Jan Magnussen in that list as well

And Keke Rosberg & Stefan Johansson.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Feb 14, 2012

True, but there was a gap in between Johansson and Magnussen. But from Hakkinen/Magnussen to Kovalainen there was a steady nordic(mostly fin) fetish for McLaren - or Ron Dennis if you like.

ufunacaoenn · Feb 15, 2012

But Scandinavian drivers are fast as "racing, is in there blood". (jocking) But the contrys do support racing like karting and motor-cylces and I guess that is why Mclaren got that fetish. (it means cheap drivers as the contry helps them to improve

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Hampus Andersson · Feb 15, 2012

You need some Sisu and practice car control starting at a very young age.

Sisu meaning courage

ufunacaoenn · Feb 15, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
You need some Sisu and practice car control starting at a very young age.

Sisu meaning courage

Jax Humanhater · Feb 15, 2012

I hope he makes daddy proud.

Morten Wernersen · Feb 15, 2012

Apparently Kevin started when he was 2 years old

Don't know if the video in the article works outside Denmark
http://sporten.tv2.dk/motorsport/article.php/id-48207316:tv-toårig-magnussen-kører-mclaren.html

Kol Bailey · Feb 15, 2012

Jan and Kevin are great drivers. I've always liked them. I thought they were from Norway?

Ole Marius Myrvold · Feb 16, 2012

Kol Bailey said:
Jan and Kevin are great drivers. I've always liked them. I thought they were from Norway?

Nah, the closest we have been to F1 was Harald Huysman in... 89 for EuroBrun.

Hampus Andersson · Feb 16, 2012

Sweden has had a couple of drivers, most notably is Ronnie Peterson. Arguably one of the best drivers to never clinch a title.
It´s funny because Finland has had more or less the same amount of drivers in F1 through time yet the difference in success is huge.

8 Fin´s vs 9 Swede´s.

3 WDC´s vs 0.

Kol Bailey · Feb 16, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
Sweden has had a couple of drivers, most notably is Ronnie Peterson. Arguably one of the best drivers to never clinch a title.
It´s funny because Finland has had more or less the same amount of drivers in F1 through time yet the difference in success is huge.

8 Fin´s vs 9 Swede´s.

3 WDC´s vs 0.

Courtesy to Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen.