Jan Magnussen and his son Kevin will compete with MDK Motorsports team owner Mark Kvamme in the 12 Hours of the Gulf. The Danish duo and the American driver will be behind the wheel of a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo.
The MDK Motorsports team has presented its debut project for the 12 Hours of the Gulf, appointment that this year has become the last scoring round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The team led by the American Mark Kwamme will compete with a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo of specification 2020 in which it will have the fastest Danish couple on the planet. Jan and Kevin Magnussen will be in Abu Dhabi.
MDK Motorsports has shaped a solid project to compete in Abu Dhabi and will have the support of AF Corse for the management of its Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo. The addition of Jan and Kevin Magnussen to the project draws the perfect icing on the aspirations of a project that is based on the figure of Mark Kvamme, recently crowned champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America and who already won the 12 Hours of the Gulf in January, although in the Am category.
Kevin Magnussen: «I am very grateful to have another opportunity to race alongside my father and fight for victory»
The union of Mark Kvamme with the Magnussen draws a first level lineupl, especially because Kvamme is taking very important steps in his career and this year he has contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans: «It is an honor and an absolute privilege for me and for all the members of MDK Motorsports to be joined by two legends like Jan and Kevin Magnussen.”
«Kevin is a super fast and very experienced Formula 1 driveras well as official ambassador of our team. Jan is one of the most important drivers in the world in GT racing. Together they bring many years of high-level racing experience. I can’t imagine a stronger driver line-up for our first attempt at the 12 Hours of the Gulf as a team.” Mark Kwamme.
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Miami confirmed it for me
The MDK Motorsports project for the 12 Hours of the Gulf began to take shape in the Formula 1 Miami GPas explained Kevin Magnussen: “Mark and I met at the Miami GP weekend and somehow the idea of racing together in Abu Dhabi came up. We called my father and the team was ready, in a blink of an eye. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contest my first endurance race behind the wheel of a GT3.”
Reaffirming the role of the structure led by Mark Kvamme, the current Haas Formula 1 driver added: «MDK Motorsports is powered by passionate and highly professional people, so I’m delighted to be able to work with them. I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together. I am very grateful to have another chance to run alongside my father. and fight for victory with a bit of luck.
high competition
The 2022 12 Hours of the Gulf will feature the most competitive grid this event has ever had thanks to its inclusion in the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar. For this reason, the objective that Magnussen speaks of fighting for victory will be really complexalthough it is true that the Ferrari #43 line-up has great talent to face this challenge.
In any case, Jan and Kevin Magnussen and the American Mark Kvamme will have to deal with a grid in which there will be more than 35 GT3 vehicles and in which some of the official drivers of brands such as Mercedes-AMG or Lamborghini will lead the crews of several of their cars.
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