Jan Magnussen's 1998 season came to an early end with the announcement that Jos Verstappen would take his place with the Stewart team from the French GP onwards.





Verstappen has been testing with the Milton Keynes based outfit in France this weekend and, despite finishing bottom of the timesheets on Wednesday, was drafted into the team with immediate effect.





Magnussen - who only just retained his seat after a lacklustre 1997 campaign - has failed to match erstwhile partner Reubens Barrichello at the seven races run so far this season. Although he notched up his first points of the year in Canada two weeks ago, Magnussen must now wait to see if he can break back into the F1 arena.





Fellow struggler Ricardo Rosset is still in possession of his seat at Tyrrell, despite the team planning to test Danish driver Tom Kristensen in France this week.

