Kevin Magnussen was denied a podium on his BMW debut on the 2025 Daytona 24 Hours when the #24 automobile suffered harm late on in a nail-biting conclusion to the enduro.
The Workforce RLL-run M Hybrid V8 LMDh automobile was placed on pole for the Daytona 24 by Dries Vanthoor in qualifying, with the #24 machine commonly within the combat for the marque’s first victory on the occasion since 1976.
However a unfastened nosecone on the automobile was exacerbated by contact within the remaining hour of competitors after Vanthoor made slight contact with the rear of the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entrant, pushed by Matt Campbell on the time, following a inexperienced flag restart.
The harm was sufficient to drop the #24 automobile off the rostrum battle, with Vanthoor, Magnussen, Phillip Eng and Raffaele Marciello ending up fourth.
“I for certain am very gutted with this end result,” Vanthoor stated.
“We confirmed an amazing tempo and that the automobile is able to doing it. Clearly ending in P4 in a 24-hour race just isn’t the top of the world, however on the finish of the day it is rather unhappy to combat for 22 hours and never come residence with a podium, which we for certain deserved.
“I really feel sorry for the fellows, who’ve been working very arduous and in addition to my team-mates.
“I might have cherished to reward them with one thing, however most vital is that we confirmed that we have been sturdy and capable of combat.
“We’ll ensure to come back again and we’ll win this race.”
Magnussen had placed on a powerful push on the 20-hour mark of the race to assist put the #24 BMW into the battle for victory with the manufacturing unit Porsches.
The 63rd version of the Daytona 24 Hours was finally received by the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry of ex-F1 driver Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor.
The automobile fended off a late cost from the Meyer Shank Racing #60 Acura, which powered forward of the #6 PPM automobile to complete second.
Regardless of the disappointing end result, BMW proved to be Porsche’s closest challenger all through the Daytona 24.
Magnussen might be again in motion within the M Hybrid V8 on the finish of February for the opening spherical of the World Endurance Championship in Qatar, as he joins WRT’s line-up.
