{"id":915497,"date":"2026-10-04T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/915497\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T05:58:10","slug":"kevin-magnussen-out-of-petit-le-mans-after-airborne-crash-with-alex-palou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/915497\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Magnussen out of Petit Le Mans after airborne crash with Alex Palou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dramatic series of incidents shattered the halfway mark of the\u00a0Motul Petit Le Mans, culminating in a violent airborne crash that eliminated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/kevin-magnussen\/15905\/\" data-entitylink-text=\"Kevin Magnussen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Magnussen<\/a> from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Magnussen, behind the wheel of the #25 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8, collided with the rear of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/alex-palou\/21151\/\" data-custom-text=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Palou&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0#93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 entering Turn 3. Palou, returning to the circuit on slick tires on a damp, drying track, was caught on an out lap when the Dane\u2019s GTP car made heavy contact. The impact briefly sent\u00a0Magnussen\u2019s BMW into the air before it slammed hard into the tire barrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Magnussen extracted himself from the wreckage under his own power and was subsequently evaluated and released from the trackside medical center, according to an IMSA spokesperson. Palou, a five-time IndyCar Series champion, suffered rear-end damage in the impact but managed to remain on track, continuing under the race\u2019s seventh full-course caution.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy crash capped\u00a0a chaotic five-minute sequence for the Meyer Shank Racing squad. Moments prior, the team\u2019s two entries collided while battling for the overall lead. Renger van der Zande, piloting the #93 Acura, made contact with teammate Colin Braun in the #60 car. Race officials ultimately found van der Zande at fault, handing the #93 crew a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/ricky-taylor\/12479\/\" data-entitylink-text=\"Ricky Taylor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky Taylor<\/a>, driving Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing\u2019s #10 Cadillac V-Series.R, leads at the halfway point.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dramatic series of incidents shattered the halfway mark of the\u00a0Motul Petit Le Mans, culminating in a violent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,54753,482929,806,805,803,804,128113,128114,85],"class_list":["post-915497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-imsa","tag-kevin-magnussen-out-of-petit-le-mans-after-airborne-crash-with-alex-palou","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-petit-le-mans","tag-road-atlanta","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}