The Dane landed fifth in the season-opening Bahrain Sizable Prix on his return to Haas, after he became once recalled to replace Russian driver Nikita Mazepin for 2022.
That result, nonetheless, adopted the three-day pre-season take a look at at the Sakhir venue, and Haas became once awarded additional periods on Friday and Saturday to glean better from a left out first day when a cargo plane became once delayed.
Nevertheless Magnussen, who became once dropped by Haas for 2021, will enter his first Saudi Arabian GP this weekend with out having ready in the team’s simulator.
He reckons that can amplify stress no longer to produce mistakes to lose monitor time and relish a spot of tyres.
Requested about the manufacture-as a lot as Jeddah for which there became once “no preparation”, Magnussen stated: “The predominant inequity is proper that I don’t know this monitor.
“The fashion I ready in Bahrain became once very straightforward because we had the take a look at earlier than, and everything is terribly properly identified.
“You surely know the tyre degradation completely also thanks to the take a look at. Whereas right here, it be more unknown so there’s more stress to no longer mess up a plug.
“If I mess up a plug on one of many sets of tyres that we desire to secure out about for the rush, then that goes to cost lots.
“There may be going be more stress this time. Nevertheless that is stunning. We’ll take care of that.”
Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team interview
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Requested by Motorsport.com if one more trusty result for Haas in Jeddah would give bigger self assurance than Bahrain because of this of the dearth of running at the monitor, Magnussen stated: “[I would take more confidence] proper because I don’t know this monitor.
“It would now not stare adore a straightforward monitor. It’s one of many tracks that you’d adore to personal as many laps on as imaginable.
“Confidently, I’m capable of form of be catching up by qualifying and then in the rush in fact plug for it. I’m taking a stare forward to expend a stare at it.”
He added: “Whether [the car is] going to be as beautiful right here as it became once in Bahrain, time will say.”
Magnussen acknowledged that “we did now not personal time to power the simulator” and had as a replace relied on onboard movies from final year’s inaugural Saudi GP to learn Jeddah.
Requested for his impressions on the 2021 rush, Magnussen reckoned it became once “crazy”.
He continued: “No longer easiest is the monitor easy crazy, nonetheless also it became once a crazy rush, with two crimson flags and rather about a stuff going on.
“No lower than I’m ready for a crazy rush over again, and I speak all and sundry’s searching for to are watching for.
“We had it one year in Baku where we saw adore a easy crazy rush and the next one became once easy dumb, because all and sundry became once careful and waiting for complications.
“It’s surely a in fact irregular monitor. Excessive speeds, for a road circuit.”
