Why Magnussen deserves a second chance
With Kevin Magnussen returning to the cockpit in place of Pastor Maldonado at Renault, BEN ANDERSON argues why the Dane deserved another opportunity to prove himself in F1
Kevin Magnussen, who replaces Pastor Maldonado at the reborn Renault works outfit in 2016, will be grateful for a rare miracle for Formula 1 drivers: a second chance.
When top F1 teams chew you up and spit you out it's usually very difficult to recover, and Magnussen's F1 career looked all but over when McLaren finally gave him the boot, by email on his 23rd birthday last October.
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