Editing Jan Magnussen (section)

===Major series racing===
He made his [[Formula One]] debut at the [[1995 Pacific Grand Prix]] in Aida, sitting in for [[Mika Häkkinen]], who was unwell; becoming the first [[Formula One drivers from Denmark|Danish]] to race in the category since [[Tom Belsø]] in [[1974 Formula One season|1974]]. In 1996 Magnussen drove in the [[Champ Car|CART]] series and [[International Touring Car Championship]].

For 1997–1998 he had a seat in Formula One with the newly founded [[Stewart Grand Prix]] team, owned in part by his old F3 boss [[Paul Stewart (driver)|Paul Stewart]]. Team founder [[Jackie Stewart]] once described him as "the most talented young driver to emerge since [[Ayrton Senna]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janmagnussen.com/Gallery/2005/1132071722/709053800.pdf |title=Too Much Too Young |work=Motor Sport |date=May 2005 |access-date=10 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085421/http://www.janmagnussen.com/Gallery/2005/1132071722/709053800.pdf |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref> but his performance was underwhelming. He scored his only championship point in his last race in F1, the [[1998 Canadian Grand Prix]]; for the rest of the season he was replaced by [[Jos Verstappen]]. Magnussen started 24 GPs, one less than he entered, because his car was damaged in an accident during the start of the [[1997 Brazilian Grand Prix]] causing him to retire before the restart.

[[File:Panoz LMP-1 - Johnny O`Connell, Max Angelelli & Jan Magnussen head towards Dunlop Bridge at the 1999 Le Mans (51889528583).jpg|thumb|left|Magnussen driving the No. 11 [[Panoz LMP-1]] at the [[1999 24 Hours of Le Mans]]]]
In 1999 he participated in seven CART races. In 1999 and 2000 he raced in the [[American Le Mans Series]] with Panoz. 2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series (DTC) and raced in eight ALMS races. 2002 he also raced for Peugeot in DTC and in ten ALMS races. Jan Magnussen won the 2008 GT1 and 2013 GT drivers' championships, both with Corvette Racing.

Magnussen has participated in various classes in the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] every year since [[1999 24 Hours of Le Mans|1999]]. His best results so far are the victories in the GTS class in [[2004 24 Hours of Le Mans|2004]] and GT1 class in [[2005 24 Hours of Le Mans|2005]], [[2006 24 Hours of Le Mans|2006]], and [[2009 24 Hours of Le Mans|2009]], each time in a [[Chevrolet Corvette]] with [[Oliver Gavin]] and [[Olivier Beretta]] as teammates in 2005 and 2006, and [[Johnny O'Connell]] and [[Antonio García (racing driver)|Antonio García]] in 2009.

Also, Magnussen has participated in the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] every year since 1999, winning the GT1 class in [[2006 12 Hours of Sebring|2006]], [[2008 12 Hours of Sebring|2008]], and [[2009 12 Hours of Sebring|2009]].

In 2005, Magnussen drove a [[Toyota Corolla]] in the Danish Touring Car Championship.