
Top 50 Drivers of 2022
Autosport 2022 Top 50: #45 Kevin Magnussen
13th in Formula 1 World Championship

Did pole in Brazil get Kevin Magnussen over the line here? It helped, but he was in the frame for a Top 50 spot anyway. That’s because he was brought back in from the cold and immediately moved Mick Schumacher aside to lead Haas.
While fifth in the Bahrain opener was the high point, he scored points six more times to double his team-mate’s tally. With Haas suffering in the development race, the second half of his year was quieter and typified by mainly bang-average drives.
That was until he starred at Interlagos. Rapid in all three chunks of qualifying, his pole was far from a total fluke.
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