Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mo te 1997<unk>1998 he nohoanga ia i roto i te Formula One me te roopu Stewart Grand Prix hou, he mea na tana rangatira o mua o F3 a Paul Stewart. I whakaahuatia e te kaiwhakaara o te kapa a Jackie Stewart ko ia "te taraiwa taitamariki tino pukenga i puta mai i muri mai o Ayrton Senna", engari kaore i tino pai tana mahi. I whiwhi ia i tana tohu toa anake i tana whakataetae whakamutunga i te F1, te
1998 Canadian Grand Prix; mo te toenga o te wa i whakakapia ia e Jos Verstappen. I tiimata a Magnussen i te 24 GPs, kotahi iti iho i tana whakauru, na te mea i pakaru tana motuka i roto i te aitua i te timatanga o te 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix i mutu ai tana reti i mua o te tiimata ano.