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Kevin Magnussen Reveals Why He Turned Down Red Bull

Former Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen has revealed that he turned down an opportunity to join Red Bull’s talent pool and eventually drive for the Milton Keynes-based team. READ: Mercedes Hit Back At Bottas’ ‘Not Quite Normal’ Strategy Claim Speaking this week, the Dane said he had an opportunity to join Red Bull’s junior team in 2019 – Scuderia Toro Rosso as it was then called – to fill Pierre Gasly’s vacant seat as he was being promoted to Red Bull at the end of 2018. And, with Gasly subsequently struggling at Red Bull and being dropped by them half-way into the 2019 season, Magnussen would have been in a great position to become Max Verstappen’s team-mate had he...
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