Magnussen had already driven for Haas from 2017 to 2020 before the team opted for a new driver pairing. It is one “simple decision” been to hire the immediately available Dane again, said team manager Günther Steiner on Wednesday (03/09/2022).
Hulkenberg was also a candidate
During the test drives in Bahrain that begin on Thursday, Magnussen will be alongside Schumacher (22) and the reserve pilot Pietro Fittipaldi (25) are already in use. Magnussen said he had recently looked around for new opportunities for the future, but a return to Formula 1 was “just too tempting” been. Last year he drove in a sports car series in the USA.