‘Nico Hulkenberg was rejected by top teams because he’s just so big’
♔Nico Hulkenberg ಌimpressed in F1 Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg has been the unsung hero of Thursday𓃲 and Friday at the🉐 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, prompting Damon Hill to share an intriguing back-story about him.
Hulkenberg qualified in 10th, an unexpectedly goodꦿ result for the Haas team which finished bottom of last year’s constructors’ championship.
Their veteran German driver might be driving for a bigger team if his physical attributes were different, Hill has expla𒐪ined.
“In the past I’ve heard his name mentioned in some of the top t💖eams,” Hill said ꦍon Sky Sports.
“He was rejected, basically, on the grounds that he’s ju𝄹s♊t so big.
“He is ca🌄rrying a disadvantage because he is a big lad.
“It’s weight from the waist up.♋ You don’t want that🧸 in a racing car.
“For him to ﷺdo what he does, shows that he has a lot of talꦏent.”
Haas have𒁏 e൩xperienced a winter of upheaval after the shock exit of Guenther Steiner as team principal.
Steiner, in the 💫Bahrain paddock, insisted he was happy to watch ♔his former team overachieve.
“Absolutely, I 🥂am very ♋happy for the guys, and for Nico,” he said.
“He is one of the best qualifiers, if not th💮e best.
He just performs at that level.
“It’s good forܫ the guಞys at Haas. They work hard and they deserve it.”
Hulkenberg reflected on qualifying in 10th, just one place behind Lewis Hamilﷺton: “Last year, qualy and one-lap pace was our strong point.
“🦄In testing we hadn’t done low-fuel performance runs. Yesterday was the first time.
“I could sense and feel that there was potential.
“We want to get rid of the b൲♑ad Sunday trend from last year.
“It feels bet♌ter fro🌊m inside the car. Tomorrow is the first real test in anger.
“We have fixed the car, the ae𒀰rodynamics characteristic from last year which was really poor, especiall🌜y on long runs.
“There is a lot of learning going on, for tyre manageme꧑nt, in the backgroun𒈔d.”
Naomi 🌄Schiff said about Haas: “That was a really positive performance.
“Kevin Ma🃏gnusse🌊n didn’t have the same pace that Nico did.
“Nico has proven himself to be incredibl♏y good in qualifying.
“He’s put them i🍷n such a strong position by just getting them into Q3.
“Keeping one set of tyres for ꦓ[Saturday] gives them a good set of options against their competition.
“His competition is▨ not the likes of Hamilton, Sainz, Perཧez. It’s the other guys.”
James was a sports jour♔nalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
