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Father Jan at races is distracting says Magnussen

It seems Jan Magnussen will not be a regular fixture at grands prix this year. The former F1 driver had to miss his son Kevin's grand prix debut in Melbourne last month because he was racing a sports car on the other side of the world. "Being 6000 miles away watching the race was not a lot of fun," said Magnussen, 40. "I do not want to do that too often." He was trackside for race two in Malaysia, amid his deliberations about whether to quit his own racing career in order to support his son's. "Now Kevin is in formula one I've thought a lot about how long my career will go on," said Magnussen snr, who was a teenager when Kevin was born. "I've got to decide...
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