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191-point driver is not ruling out WEC move if he’s forced to leave Formula 1

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Kevin Magnussen could be leaving Formula 1 at the end of the season but is open to switching to other forms of motorsport.

The Dane will leave Haas at the end of the season as the American team will field Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman from 2025.

Magnussen and Haas’ partnership will end after seven years, having originally joined the team for a stint from 2017 to 2020 before returning in 2022.

The driver, who has scored 191 points in his Formula 1 career, has already sampled life outside of F1 after briefly racing in IMSA and IndyCar in 2021.

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Kevin Magnussen is open to WEC and IndyCar in the future

The Danish driver is now left with minimal options to remain in Formula 1 as Mercedes, Alpine, RB and Sauber are the only teams with a drive available.

Magnussen is not a key target for any of those four teams, as well, so his career at the highest level of motorsport seems to be drawing to a close.

The Haas driver is, however, remaining open-minded about his future when asked if WEC or IndyCar would be of interest for 2025.

He told the official F1 website: “Yeah, all of the above. I think everything is on the table in that case. I’ll see what’s available out there and make [up] my mind when I get there.

“Right now, I’m in Formula 1 and there’s still a couple of seats open for next year that I’d like to see where all that ends up, and then [I’ll] look at things afterwards.”

Haas has taken a sizeable step forward during this season, holding seventh place in the Constructors’ Championship.

They are battling RB for sixth position and will look to overturn a seven-point deficit to the Italian team when F1 returns at the Dutch Grand Prix after the summer break.

Kevin Magnussen has competed in a range of endurance races

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Magnussen has previously tested the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car that raced in WEC at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

The 31-year-old also shared a car with Oliver Turvey and Mitch Evans in 2015, the year the Dane was shunned by McLaren in F1 to make room for the incoming Fernando Alonso.

The test at the venue of the Spanish Grand Prix didn’t amount to a race seat for the following season as Magnussen returned to Formula 1 with Renault.

But he drove in IMSA for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2021, even racing the No. 01 car to victory on the bumpy streets of Belle Isle in Detroit.

He has also sampled the 24 Hours of Le Mans after sharing an LMP2 car with his dad, Jan Magnussen, and Anders Fjordbach, taking 13th place in class in 2021.