The pressure in Formula 1 was “horrendous”.

(Motorsport-Total.com) – For Kevin Magnussen, Formula 1 has turn into “simpler to get pleasure from” since returning in 2022 after a one-year hiatus. Dania admitted that her earlier recruitment had put her underneath pressure which she felt was “horrendous”.

Magnussen’s Formula One profession ended on the finish of the 2020 season when Haas fired him, prompting him to proceed racing in sports activities automotive racing in the United States.

But after Nikita Mazepin’s contract was reduce brief following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Magnussen returned to Haas on a multi-year deal. The Dane completed fifth in the comeback race in Bahrain and took his first pole in Brazil on the finish of the 12 months.

“Becoming the world champion in Formula 1 is not the final”

Haas staff principal Gunther Steiner lately stated he believes Magnussen is “a lot stronger mentally” after his return to Formula 1, partly as a consequence of his additional expertise and fatherhood through the sabbatical.

Magnussen himself now feels that his personal expectations and private pressures have decreased, resulting in a change in his mindset: “The largest pressure is my very own expectations,” he explains.

“From a younger age, I believed life was all about Formula 1 and reaching the highest of the game. I believed being Formula 1 world champion was the most important factor I may obtain in life, and now I perceive. It’s not.”

“It took among the pressure off me and it was a extremely good factor. Now I get pleasure from Formula 1 extra. When I had the outdated angle, it was at all times very scary to be right here as a result of that is what I did. I’m fortunate if I do not succeed in the game I was afraid that I would not be capable to, in fact, it is a massive pressure.”

Magnussen: As a father, you will be even sooner!

“Then there may be pressure from others. “This sport is a really troublesome competitors in some ways,” he provides. “So I feel it has been actually optimistic for me. I’ve heard lots of people joke that being a father is one or two out of ten, nevertheless it’s undoubtedly not. I feel it is the opposite method round.”

Magnussen made his Formula 1 debut for McLaren in 2014 and was heralded as the subsequent star of the youth program after a podium end on his Australian debut and initially believed he may problem for the championship earlier than McLaren grew to become uncompetitive.

But he was dropped from the staff after one season after which spent a 12 months at Renault earlier than becoming a member of Haas alongside Romain Grosjean in 2017. He admitted that he now “simply enjoys Formula 1” and that his “love for the game is prospering now as a result of there may be nothing to carry him down”.

“I haven’t got such an enormous burden on my shoulders anymore,” says Magnussen. “Of course, folks nonetheless have excessive hopes and ambitions for me, however every part is totally different. Everything is sweet and so forth. I’m glad.”