Kevin Magnussen’s life outside of F1 from wife and daughters to net worth

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Kevin Magnussen is a family man and was Formula 1’s Viking, so here is everything you need to know about the Danish driver from his height and wife to net worth and career.

American-owned F1 team Haas brought Magnussen back to the field in 2022, having initially axed him after the 2020 season. He first drove for Haas between 2017 and 2020, but lost his seat owing to the team’s financial needs. Yet a late opening gave Magnussen his route back.

Magnussen had put the world of Formula 1 behind him after losing his drive for Haas and set about a career in the DPi class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving for Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing. Yet Haas valued his experience when they rushed to replace Nikita Mazepin.

His return to racing in the pinnacle of motorsport would only last until the end of the 2024 campaign, though. Haas again opted to replace Magnussen and run a new line-up from the 2025 Formula 1 season, with Esteban Ocon joining from Alpine to partner Oliver Bearman.

Returning to F1 was a walk in the park for Magnussen, who dominated Mick Schumacher at Haas in the 2022 season. But the arrival of Nico Hulkenberg as his teammate in 2023 put the Dane on the back foot. The rise of Ferrari gem Bearman then even helped to force him out.

Haas gifted Bearman a full-time Formula 1 race seat from the 2025 season after Hulkenberg agreed to join Sauber, having impressed in his FP1 appearances and as a reserve driver. But Magnussen would miss out on being the Briton’s teammate as Haas then snapped up Ocon.

Kevin Magnussen is a McLaren driver academy product

Magnussen made his debut in Formula 1 back in the 2014 season driving for McLaren at the Australian GP. He even finished third in Melbourne to get on the podium and moved into P2 as the stewards disqualified Daniel Ricciardo. But Magnussen only had a season at McLaren.

McLaren told Magnussen via email on his 23rd birthday that he was demoted to the reserve driver role for 2015. The Dane had ended his rookie term 11th in the drivers’ championship. But the Woking natives decided to retain Jenson Button to drive alongside Fernando Alonso.

A year on their sidelines in 2015 marked the end of Magnussen’s relationship with McLaren. The Papaya team released him at the end of the season, so he moved to Renault with a race drive. Yet Magnussen was, again, on the move in 2017 to replace Esteban Gutierrez at Haas.

Making a return to Haas in 2022 also led Magnussen to securing his and the team’s first pole position in Formula 1 at the Sao Paulo GP in Brazil. The Dane topped qualifying at Interlagos with a 1:11.674. But he fell to P8 in the Sprint, which decided the starting order for the race.

Haas even saw Magnussen get some unwanted F1 history in 2024 when he became the first driver to ever be suspended for one race through the penalty points system first introduced in 2014. Magnussen was banned for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2024 as Bearman stood in.

Kevin Magnussen started driving go-karts at just two years old

Magnussen had been a part of the McLaren family since 2010 until his 2015 departure after joining their driver academy. He is also the son of an ex-McLaren test driver, Jan Magnussen, who drove for the team at the 1995 Pacific GP before joining Stewart in the 1996 F1 season.

The Dane further followed in his father’s footsteps at two years old when Magnussen got his first go-kart. He quickly fell in love with racing with Jan by his side. Magnussen Sr won three karting world championships by the age of 16 and joined McLaren’s driver academy in 1994.

McLaren started backing Magnussen whilst he drove in the 2010 German F3 Championship, in which the Dane ended the term in third place. He had also won the 2008 Danish Formula Ford Championship during his first season driving single-seaters with 11 wins from 15 races.

Five wins and eight pole positions over 17 races also secured Magnussen the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series title with Dams. After which, McLaren decided to put him in Formula 1 in place of Sergio Perez, who contested the 2013 season with them to replace Lewis Hamilton.

Magnussen also finished second in the 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC standings and in the 2011 British F3 Championship. But the Dane looked to his 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series title for inspiration when selecting #20 as Magnussen’s permanent Formula 1 race number.

But who really is Magnussen and what is the Danish driver’s life outside of Formula 1 like? F1 Oversteer has taken a look into everything that you need to know about the racing star…

How old is Kevin Magnussen? What is his age?

At the time of writing, Kevin Magnussen is 33 years old. He was born on October 5, 1992 to his parents four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner father, Jan Magnussen, and mum, Britt Petersen. He also has two half-siblings from his dad’s marriage to his second wife, Christina.

His half-siblings are brother, Luca Magnussen, and sister, Millie Magnussen. Luca has raced go-karts since he was 14 years old, and dreams of one day sharing a car with Jan and Kevin. Jan and Kevin Magnussen also shared an LMP2 class car at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Where was Kevin Magnussen born? What is his nationality?

Kevin Magnussen was born in the city of Roskilde, Denmark. The city is located to the west of Copenhagen and had an estimated population of 52,000 as of calculations made in 2022. Former McLaren F1 driver Jan Magnussen was also born in Roskilde back in 1973 on July 4.

How tall is Kevin Magnussen? What is his height in feet?

Measuring in at 1.74m tall, Kevin Magnussen stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in feet.

Who is Kevin Magnussen’s wife, Louise Gjorup?

Kevin Magnussen married his wife, Louise Gjorup, in August 2019 in a private ceremony. The couple have been together since 2015 and got engaged in 2018. They strive to keep their life outside of the public gaze but Gjorup often attends Formula 1 races to support Magnussen.

Gjorup is a graduate of Danish education, sports and biology from the Laereruddannelserne Metropol. But little more information is known about Magnussen’s wife in the public forum.

Kevin Magnussen has two daughters, Laura and Agnes

Kevin Magnussen and Louise Gjorup also have two daughters together, who are called Laura and Agnes. Laura was born in January 2021 and often attended Formula 1 races in support of her racing driver dad. Gjorup later gave birth to their second daughter Agnes in July 2023.

Kevin Magnussen’s net worth

Three spells as a full-time Formula 1 driver with stints at McLaren, Renault and Haas helped Kevin Magnussen’s net worth reach $30m (£24m) – a middle-of-the-grid amount for 2024.

Kevin Magnussen’s Formula 1 career stats

As of the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season, Kevin Magnussen had entered 187 Grand Prix. The Dane even reached the podium on his F1 debut with McLaren at the Australian GP in 2014. Magnussen took his and Haas’ first pole position at the 2022 Sao Paulo GP in Brazil.