McLaren CEO Ron Dennis has hinted at the possibility of loaning Kevin Magnussen to another F1 team next year to give the Dane more race experience.

Magnussen was replaced by Fernando Alonso after a mixed rookie season in 2014 and relegated to the role of test and reserve driver. Alonso and Jenson Button are both on multi-year deals while McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne already holds a commanding lead in the GP2 championship, something Magnussen has admitted may force him to look elsewhere for a drive in 2016.

"I think Kevin has the ability to race [for McLaren] next year," Dennis told Ekstra Bladet. "At the same time, he also knows that we live in the real world. I have two world champions who are among the very best. So he has to prove himself. Perhaps that means I have to help him into another team for another learning year.

"He's been a pain in the butt for the first four months of this year, moping around, but now he has got it. He understands he can equip himself for that climb by going to the races, working with engineers, getting the experience, listening to two drivers who have both been world champions."

Dennis urged Denmark to get behind Magnussen in order to improve his chances of racing in F1.

"If you want him to win faster, if you want him to be a world champion fast, then feel patriotic and realise you have an opportunity to make a Danish hero and then we will facilitate that over the course of the next few months. This is about if you want a Danish hero and to step up to the plate, or you just want to be passive and live in your own world. Try to be patriotic and to realise the opportunity you have to be part of creating your own hero, and then try to justify the commercial reason why it would make sense for your company. Put your country first and him second. I'm absolutely certain he deserves that support.

"When teams are choosing between these young drivers, unfortunately it's not only about their talent. It's also about the support they have from companies or countries. Kevin will succeed with or without your help, but it's just a much bigger challenge for him when his opponents are young people from countries with huge support."