Barcelona (AP) - Nico Hülkenberg has to make way for regular driver Sergio Perez again at the Formula 1 team Racing Point. The 30-year-old Mexican recently had to sit out two races due to positive corona tests.
The latest sample for the virus was negative, Perez is allowed to compete in the Spanish Grand Prix. This was announced by his racing team. For Hülkenberg, the short comeback for the Racing Point team ends after two very different Grand Prix events.
The native of Emmerich, who will turn 33 on Wednesday next week, was unable to compete in the first of two races at Silverstone due to a defect in the racing car. Last Sunday, after a sensational third place in the qualification, he made it into seventh place in the race.
He then announced that he wanted to practice in the simulator for the Spanish Grand Prix next weekend and, after a detour to Monegasque adopted home, he wanted to travel to the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. "Then we wait for good news or the end," said Hulkenberg.
After his second outing for Racing Point, Formula 1 director Ross Brawn also made a strong case for Hülkenberg, who had not received a new contract with Renault at the end of last season and was also not found anywhere else. Brawn emphasized that he wished Hulkenberg a permanent place in Formula 1. The German driver has now contested 178 Grand Prix. However, he has never made it onto the podium. A record.
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