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Kevin Magnussen has looked back on a difficult episode in his F1 career, when McLaren piled on unattainable expectations during his rookie season.
Kevin Magnussen has reflected on the extreme expectations placed on him by McLaren during his rookie season in F1, where he was racing alongside Jenson Button in 2014.
McLaren sidelined Magnussen for Fernando Alonso in the following campaign, with plans to have him partner Alonso in 2015.
The team had put enormous pressure on the young driver, aiming for him to replicate Lewis Hamilton’s performance advantage over Button in qualifying between 2010-2012.
In hindsight, Magnussen, now 32, acknowledges the unfairness of those expectations, considering the vast experience gap between him and the previous champions.
He feels that the demands placed on him were unreasonable and disrespectful towards Jenson Button, the 2009 F1 drivers’ champion.
