With Renault confirming Nico Hulkenberg, to spearhead their campaign for the next two years, Magnussen’s future is being questioned as the French team have made no secret that they are also targeting Valtteri Bottas and have an option on the services of young Frenchman Esteban Ocon.
In a speculative piece, Racer claim that Magnussen is a possible candidate for Andretti’s fourth car.
Racer report: “Given Honda’s clear appreciation for his talent, a driver of Magnussen’s caliber would fit the brand’s rededicated efforts to overtake Chevy’s all-conquering IndyCar program.”
Honda favorite, and former F1 driver, Takuma Sato is being considered for the team’s fourth cockpit should Magnussen remain in F1.
"Seeing rumours around about me in IndyCar," he tweeted. "I'm a big fan of IndyCar but those are really just rumours. Nothing to it.
"I feel confident my future is in F1 and there should be no doubt I intent to stay with Renault Sport F1 for many years if I can."
In 2014 and was retained as test and reserve driver for the Woking, UK marque until October 2015, was in talks with Bryan Herta's eponymous IndyCar team last winter.
However, talks foundered as Herta urged Magnussen to pursue his F1 goals and instead chose to put his team under the umbrella of Andretti Autosport.
Andretti-Herta Autosport instead signed another ex-F1 driver, Alexander Rossi, for the 2016 season and have retained him for '17.
Magnussen's Twitter feed continued: "Unfortunately there is nothing yet to announce regarding my future, but hopefully there will be soon. I too am getting impatient!"
Meanwhile, the Andretti Autosport team, which has retained Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti and Alex Rossi for 2017, has several established IndyCar drivers under consideration for the #26 car in 2017.
One is AA incumbent Carlos Munoz, who has twice finished runner-up in the Indianapolis 500, while two others are believed to be Takuma Sato and Mikhail Aleshin. Andretti have not commented.
No comments:
Post a Comment