His prototype teams scored overall victories in 2012, ’22 and ’23. The most recent kicked off the dawn of the hybrid prototype era but also marked the beginning of a tailspin for Meyer Shank Racing, which was slapped with a massive penalty for manipulating Rolex 24 tire data and subsequently was sidelined from IMSA in 2024.

Magnussen, who finished up his F1 career in 2024 racing for the Haas F1 Team, hopes to be in the mix for the win this weekend at Daytona. The BMW M Team RLL Hybrid V8 team of Magnussen, Phillip Eng, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor are on the pole for this year's 24 and a favorite in the GTP class.