News Details

Magnussen delighted at ‘lucky' first points

Despite saying that they were lucky to get their first points of 2016, Renault’s Kevin Magnussen has insisted that it wasn't the only reason they were able to place seventh in Russia. After the carnage that erupted on lap one, which saw Ferrari Sebastian Vettel and Force India Nico Hulkenberg retire, Magnussen took advantage of the chaos and was running in P10 from P17 after the first lap. With Red Bull duo Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat falling behind as a result of the chaos caused by the latter, the Dane was able to fight his way to P7. 'We were quite lucky with a lot of people not finishing and crashing out,' he explained after the race on Sunday. 'But all in all we did a...
Full Story »
10y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Magnussen pleased to end points drought

– Renault driver Kevin Magnussen ended his and the manufacturer's...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Kevin Magnussen: “It feels really good to get these...

Kevin Magnussen secured his and the Renault Sport F1 team’s first...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Solid drive from Magnussen hopefully a sign of things...

 XPB Images Kevin Magnussen opened his 2016 points tally with a...
10y ago from F1i.com

Alonso: Expectations high after Russia points

McLaren Honda Fernando Alonso says McLaren has high expectations for the...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo: ‘It’s been a long time since...

Fabio Quartararo admits "it’s been a long time" since he’s...

Honda reveals Suzuka 8 Hours line-up featuring Takumi...

Honda has revealed that six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea and...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Opinion: IndyCar’s full course yellow procedure...

Saturday’s IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

New Indy 500 qualifying procedure detailed

The NTT IndyCar Series has outlined the qualifying procedure for this...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry Neuville nabs Portuguese win

Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais had their eighth Rally de Portugal...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arteta faces selection headache as key player...

Arsenal prepare for their monumental UEFA Champions League final clash...
34m ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Arsenal are going to win the Champions League' -...

Arsenal will beat Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the Champions League final,...
54m ago from SportsKeeda.com

The human body is an incredible thing

And breathe. Out. In. Out. In. Exhaaaaaaale. After everything we've had to...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Carra: Only people who don't want Arsenal to win PL...

Jamie Carragher believes only people who don't want Arsenal to win the...
12h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.