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Key facts
- Born
- Jan Ellegaard Magnussen , ( 1973-07-04 ) 4 July 1973 (age 52) , Roskilde , Denmark
- Categorisation
- FIA Platinum (until 2021) , FIA Gold (2022–)
- Nationality
- Danish
- Active years
- 1995 , 1997 – 1998
- Teams
- McLaren , Stewart
- Entries
- 25 (24 starts)
- First entry
- 1995 Pacific Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1998 Canadian Grand Prix
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Family name
- Magnussen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Roskilde
- Child
- Kevin Magnussen
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Official website
- www.janmagnussen.com
- Image
- Jan Magnussen (37535519996) (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Jan Magnussen
- date of birth
- 1973-07-04
- points for
- 1
- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 0
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 25
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Statistics up to date as of 5 June 2012.
Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA Formula One World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the Corvette Racing team, Magnussen won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in class on four occasions, in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009, as well as the IMSA Sportscar Championship twice in 2017 and 2018. He also won the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTLM class.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jan Magnussen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.