British Formula One side McLaren may reportedly replace their driver Sergio Perez by another rookie, the McLaren-developed youngster Kevin Magnussen, who has just wrapped up the Formula Renault 3.5 series, from the 2014 season.
The son of former McLaren test driver Jan Magnussen, the young Magnussen won a GP2 test as a prize for his 2013 title, but had reportedly 'pulled out' of the run in November 'for unexplained reasons'.
According to Sport24, although McLaren was believed to be on the verge of confirming Perez as Jenson Button's continuing team mate for 2014, McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh described Formula Renault 3.5 as 'a much higher quality championship than GP2', which may boost the chances of Magnussen to come into contention for 2014.
Formula Renault 3.5 has also housed well-known, F1-linked names like Stoffel Vandoorne, Antonio Felix da Costa, Sergey Sirotkin and Carlos Sainz Jr in 2013, the report added.
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