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'Renault have saved my F1 career'

Danish driver Kevin Magnussen thanked Renault for saving his Formula One career after the French carmaker announced on Wednesday that he will race for them this season. Cast aside by McLaren last October after a year as a reserve, Magnussen replaces Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado in a deal that was put together in recent weeks and finalised only on Tuesday. Maldonado was ditched after his backers, the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, turned off the money taps. "This is a massive opportunity," Magnussen told reporters at the Renault Technocentre outside Paris. "Not many drivers get a second chance and I've been given a second chance and a proper chance. I can't say how happy...
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