The Dane has struggled at times to get as much out of his Haas as team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, with the American-owned squad itself having endured some ups and downs.
Digging a bit deeper into what has held him back, Magnussen has explained that one of the key factors has been how the VF-23 deals with the entry to and transition through corners.
For Magnussen, his preference as a driver is for what is known as the U-style approach to a corner apex: which is taking a smoother and more rounded line throughout the phases of a turn. This has benefits in helping drivers maintain a higher minimum speed through turns.
To execute this properly, however, a car has to handle well the transition from braking on the approach to a corner and then dealing with corner turn in.
That is something that the current Haas is not good at – as it loses stability when it is asked to use braking and rotational forces at the same time.
Instead, it works better with a V-style approach to an apex – which is where a driver brakes more in a straight line to slow the car down, then has a sharper turn in before they straighten things up and accelerate out.
Magnussen, who is a self-declared “U-man”, says it is a characteristic that he has been focused on trying to address in recent races.
“You can't really combine Gs so much with these cars,” said Magnussen. “I think also a big part of it is the tyres. They don't allow you to combine G, so you can't do a lot of rotation and braking at the same time.
“You have to V the corners more. And that's the two different driving styles: V style or not. There's many different variations of these two, but in broad terms that's what I find, and this year's car on our side is even more vulnerable like that.”
Source: Autosport