McLaren-Honda has confirmed Kevin Magnussen will give the McLaren🐓-Honda MP4-30 an unexpected race debut in Australia after being called u🦄p to replace the sidelined Fernando Alonso.

The Dane, who competed with McLaren last season before demoted to a reserve role in favour of signing two-time champion Alonso, has been on standby since his replacement crashed during pre-season testing and wa🤪s made a doubt for the opening round.

Though McLaren stated its confidence that Alonso would race in Melbourne, the subsequent announcement that he has been 𝄹168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ruled out on the advice of his medical team means Magnussen will rejo꧃in Jenson Button in giving the Honda-powered car its first outing at Albert Park.

The call-up wi💮ll see Magnussen return to a happy hunting grou🌠nd twelve months after finishing second in his first F1 race at Albert Park in 2014, a result that would remain his best to the end of his rookie season.

However, Magnussen will be hard pushed to manage a repeat as McLaren continues to struggle to bring its new car up to speed following a series of tech♎nica🍰l issues throughout pre-season testing. Though Magnussen did get one day in the car, he managed just 39 laps before problems set in.

Mag🐠nussen finished his first season of F1 racing in 2014 11th 🙈overall.