The 24 Hours of Le Mans start in just under two hours. Former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen makes his debut and talks about the mentality differences between Formula 1 and endurance racing.
Magnussen drove in Formula 1 for six years and then went to the USA. Last January, the Dane had his first 24-hour experience in Daytona. This weekend he will start at Le Mans with his father Jan Magnussen. Magnussen talks about the main differences between F1 and endurance racing when it comes to driver mentality.
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“Ultimately he tries to drive fast anyway, but I think the mentality is different in a 24-hour race,” he was quoted as saying on F1i.com. “So far you have to look ahead. In a Formula 1 race, for example, you are more willing to take risks at the beginning of the race when everyone is close together.”
“In a 24-hour race, however, that makes little sense. During the entire race you come into situations, let’s say six hours before the finish line, and you have the feeling that you have already had a long race behind you, you feel like as if you were going to the end and starting to fight and then you remembered that there are still six hours left. like the mentality of racing with other people. “
Traffic in F1 different
The traffic management in F1 is also completely different than during the 24 hours. “And then you have all traffic management, at least when you are in a prototype,” added the Dane. “The GTs can do that too, they are constantly being overtaken. But I think that’s a very interesting area. And you often have this rhythm throughout the race. “
“While it’s always your turn here. As if mentally, you try to gauge how fast you are getting closer, whether you can overtake here or wait for the next one [corner]to bypass the path and also use the GT traffic to either attack or defend the other prototypes. I really like that part, and for a 24 hour race, or even a two hour 24 hour race in that type of race, it’s more intense in many ways than a Formula 1 race, and then we do 24 [hours]. So it’s pretty cool, “said Magnussen.
Father and son Magnussen start from 25th grid position together with team colleague Anders Fjordbach at the wheel of the High Class Oreca 07 Gibson.
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