Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen are driving for Haas in the 2024 Formula One World Championships, creating one of the most-experienced duos on the grid.
The two drivers are among the most experienced drivers on the F1 grid, both in their thirties. Magnussen has been with the team for a very long time, joining it back in 2017, and completing every season in Haas ever since.
On the other hand, Hulkenberg joined the team only in 2023, after previously driving for many different teams, and even being without a seat for multiple seasons. Therefore, the 2023 season was their first together, and the German driver managed to outscore his teammate (9 vs. 3).
Category | Nico Hulkenberg | Kevin Magnussen |
Championship standings | 11th (22 points) | 16th (5 points) |
Grand Prix results head-to-head | 13 | 2 |
Qualifying head-to-head | 11 | 4 |
Grand Prix wins | 0 | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 | 0 |
Podiums | 0 | 0 |
Best finish | 6th (x2) | 8th (x1) |
Retirements | 1 | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 | 0 |
Grand Prix points finishes | 5 | 2 |
Sprint head-to-head | 1 | 2 |
Sprint race wins | 0 | 0 |
Sprint qualifying head-to-head | 1 | 2 |
Sprint race podiums | 0 | 0 |
After struggling to collect points throughout the past few seasons, the first race of the 2024 season was quite positive for Haas, even though it eventually ended without any points.
Hulkenberg qualified 10th, but he had a terrible start, and rear-ended Lance Stroll into the first turn, damaging his front wing in the process, eventually costing him a better race result.
Magnussen, on the other hand, qualified only 15th, but finished the race 12th, while his German teammate crossed the line 16th, but the Bahrain Grand Prix certainly showed a lot of promise for the American team.
Magnussen and Hulkenberg started the race from P13 and P15. On lap 7, there was a safety car, the Dane went to change his tires and the German stayed out which put him into P10.
Magnussen then collected 20 seconds worth of penalties, but he found himself in P12, which meant he could slow everyone down to allow Hulkenberg to pit.
Magnussen then spent the rest of the race defending, and he did a fantastic job, which allowed his teammate to bring home one point for Haas in P10.
The two experienced Haas drivers showed why the team chose them to drive in 2024 season, as they once again produced a solid display, recording the team's first points finish with both cars in the season.
Once again, however, Hulkenberg was the faster driver, but Magnussen was right behind him, with the Haas driver recording P9 and P10, respectively.
The Japanese Grand Prix didn't get off to a good start for Haas, or at least for the Danish driver, who failed to get out of Q1, but Hulkenberg was there to save the day, qualifying 12th.
The race was much better for both, also thanks to the retirements of Daniel Ricciardo, who qualified 11th, and Alex Albon, who qualified 14th. Still, even though the German driver finished 11th and Magnussen 13th, it wasn't enough to add to the team's points total.
The first Sprint weekend of the season was quite solid for the American team. Both drivers managed to get to SQ2 in the Sprint Shootout, placing 12th and 13th. In the sprint, Magnussen improved to 10th, while the German driver struggled and finished only 19th.
However, Hulkenberg once again showed his qualifying qualities in the qualifying for the Grand Prix, putting his Haas to P9, while Magnussed secured a start only from 17th position.
The result in the race could be considered another success for Haas, as Hulkenberg once again managed to earn points for the team, getting one for P10, while Magnussed had a bit worse race, when he spun out Yuki Tsunoda, and got a 10-second time penalty for it, finishing only in P16.
Nico Hulkenberg was faster than his Danish teammate throughout the weekend in Miami. He outqualified Magnussen in both qualifying sessions and then scored a better race result on both occasions.
Although the German driver didn't make it into the top ten during the Grand Prix race, he finished in an incredible P7 in the sprint race- securing two more valuable points for his team.
Hulkenberg may not have scored two points without Magnussen's ferocious defense against Lewis Hamilton and all the drivers he held up behind.
It was another controversial weekend for the Dane, as his driving earned him 35 penalty seconds. The race didn't go much better for him either.
Magnussen collided with Logan Sargeant, which severely damaged his car. Although he didn't retire, he finished in P19. Ultimately, Magnussen had ten penalty points to his name coming out of Miami.
Magnussen went to see the stewards again right after the qualifying session at Imola Circuit. This time, though, he did nothing wrong. The Danish driver was rather unlucky, as he was heavily impeded by Oscar Piastri during his final run in Q1.
Consequently, Magnussen had to start the race from P18. Hulkenberg put in yet another great qualifying performance, which meant he started the race eight positions higher- from P10.
In the end, though, the two teammates finished right behind each other in P11 and P12, both scoring zero points.
The eight-race weekend of the season at Circuit de Monaco was a bad weekend for multiple teams but probably the worst for Haas.
First, Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen were disqualified from the qualifying session due to illegal wing setup, which meant both had to start the race from the back of the grid.
Then, neither of the two drivers made it past the first sector of the opening lap. Magnussen and Sergio Perez had a huge collision, which also took out Hulkenberg, and that was it for the American team.
The tricky conditions in qualifying for the race in Canada didn't suit the Haas drivers. Hulkenberg got knocked out in Q1 and started the race from P17. Magnussen started fro P14.
The race started in the wet conditions, but all the teams except for Haas went for intermediate tires, knowing the track should dry out rather quickly.
Being on wet tires allowed both Haas drivers to easily gain a couple of positions (Magnussen was in P4 before he pitted) at the beginning, but they both had to stop sooner or later, and that cost them too much time.
Ultimately, neither of the two drivers had the pace to get inside the top ten, and they crossed the finish line in P11 (Hulk) and P12 (Mag), just outside the points.
The German had the upper hand on his Danish teammate during the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix. He qualified in P13 and then managed to climb to positions into P11, just missing out on points (fourth P11 in the last five races).
Magnussen qualified in P16 but then had a jump start (his fault), for which he received a penalty. He also had a slow stop, and ultimately, he finished in P17.
Coming into the sprint weekend in Austria, Hulkenberg hoped to put an end to his "just outside of top 10" streak. While he didn't manage to do it in the Sprint qualifying (P17) and the sprint race (P19), he performed much better in the second part of the weekend.
The 36-year-old made it inside the top 10 and qualified in P9 for the Grand Prix. During the race on Sunday, he scored Haas's best result of the season up until that point with an amazing P6.
Magnussen qualified in P11 for the sprint race and finished it in P9—just outside of points. For the race, he qualified in P12 but then climbed four positions to score his best result up until that point—P8.
Both Haas drivers finished where they did because they outperformed their main rivals—RB, Alpine, and Aston Martin—but they also profited from Norris's DNF and Leclerc's unlucky race.
The 2024 British Grand Prix proved to be another point-scoring weekend for Haas, as the team continued to reap the rewards of their hard work.
While Magnussen wasn't able to show his car's true pace during the qualifying, also struggling with changing conditions, putting his Haas only to P17, Hulkenberg once again proved his incredible qualifying pace, securing Q3 appearance and even qualifying in P6.
For both, there wasn't much drama during the race, and that's exactly what the team wanted, provided that one of the cars qualified so high, and even though the German driver lost a position to Carlos Sainz in the race, thanks to George Russell's retirement, he stayed sixth, scoring very important points for his team.
On the other hand, while his Danish teammate was able to consistently move up the timing screens, his progress was not just fast enough to earn some points, finishing the race 12th.
The German driver missed out on Q3 in qualifying by 0,115 seconds. Consequently, he started the race just outside the top ten in P11. His teammate Magnussen qualified in P15.
The Danish driver started on the soft compound tires and had a fantastic first lap, gaining five positions up into P10. However, from then on, he didn't have the pace to compete for a position in the top ten.
Ultimately, he finished where he started- P15. Similar to him, Hulkenberg also didn't really have the pace, and he crossed the finish line in P13.