Kevin Magnussen Reacts To His Terrifying Crash At Mexico City Grand Prix

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 at 01:00

Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen reflected on his crash after the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Kevin Magnussen went into Mexico City with hopes for an improvement on the failed United States Grand Prix, where his team brought significant upgrades for the car.

His mechanics, however, will have to work on repairing the car rather than upgrading it after the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix, during which the Dane had a huge crash.

Starting from the P16, Magnussen was able to get up to P13 but then got stuck in a DRS train let by his teammate Nico Hulkenberg in the 13th position behind Valtteri Bottas on Alfa Romeo.

The 31-year-old then lost some of his pace and started falling back, but his race ended on lap 33 when he crashed into a barrier on the left side of turn number 8.

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The sequence of turns 7-8-9 on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is done at relatively high speeds by the Formula One car, and Magnussen got shoved into a wall that was close to the track resulting in an enormous hit.

The crash was caused by the breaking of the left rear suspension on the 31-year-old's car. As he was about to turn right into turn nine, the suspension gave up and sent him into the barrier. Magnussen told the media after the race:

“"I crashed after having a rear left suspension failure. It happened in a bad place and I hit the wall, so I got a knock on my hands and they hurt a little bit, but they’re fine."”

The car of the Danish driver looked completely destroyed. Fortunately, nothing serious happened to Kevin Magnussen. Magnussen suggested the lack of pace before the crash might also result from the same issue that caused the suspension failure.

“"We have to investigate a bit more what exactly happened as it just gave up. Before that, it was going okay, I was stuck in traffic for a long time and cooked my tyres, but I don’t know if whatever caused the failure had an impact for a while beforehand."”