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Magnussen: A second chance and a proper chance
Renault new recruit Kevin Magnussen has admitted that his Formula 1 career would most likely have been over had he not been offered a spot at the French team this season. The Dane, who made a stunning entrance into F1 when he finished second in his debut grand prix for McLaren in 2014, was without a team ahead of the 2016 season after being released by McLaren last October, having spent a year as the Woking outfit's reserve driver. Despite being just 23, Magnussen believes that if he had been out of F1 for two years he would not have received another opportunity to race again. As fate would have it, Magnussen benefited from Pastor Maldonado's misfortune, with the Venezuelan losing his spot...
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