NICO HULKENBERG VERY HAPPY : IT’S A GOOD SURPRISE

Hulk was able to count on his experience to succeed in putting all the parameters together at the most important moment, during the Q3 session, to qualify as “best of the rest” behind Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton.

No matter what anyone thinks of the situation at Racing Point regarding the Renault brake duct protest, you would have to say as a team with what it has it did what was needed today to achieve the best result possible.

Third for Hulkenberg behind the two works Mercedes cars and sixth for Stroll is a great team result.

I never really understood why Hulkenberg lost his seat in F1 at the end of last year. Yes, for Renault, a French team, replacing him with Ocon was probably a reasonable thing to do to help keep the company in F1.

But why did none of the other teams made a play for Hulkenberg even as a reserve driver? This would have given him a year off to clear his head with a view to stepping up for next season.

Now he has put himself firmly back on the market, but there are very few top seats available and it is a top seat he needs and deserves. A podium tomorrow could not just break his duck but also put him at the top of a few teams’ short list.

It would be a year late and a dollar short, but with this coronavirus situation and the fact that no one knows how it is going to unfold at future races I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mercedes trying to set something like this up with Hulkenberg. He would be there just in case Lewis Hamilton or Valtteri Bottas slip on a banana skin.

“Q3 was just head down, full beans, whatever I had – and a bit surprised to stand here. But obviously a big smile on my face and a lot od respect for the race tomorrow. It’s definitely going to hurt tomorrow not having last week’s experience and not having gone through the motions there with the start and everything. But we’ll do what we can, I’ll try to learn fast, and keep the car where it deserves to be,” the German concludes.

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