Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out taking up a reserve or simulator role with a Formula 1 team for the 2020🌳 season, as well as calling links to BMW’s DTM team “fake news”.

Hulkenberg has been frozen out of the F1 grid for next year, having l♐ost his seat with Renault to Esteban Ocon before missing out on drives at both Haas and Alfa Romeo.

Alfa Romeo was the last viable option for Hulkenberg prior to the team’s confirmation of Antonio Giovinazzi alongside K♛imi Raikkonen for 2020 on Monday, realistically ending the German’s chances of keeping an F1 drive after he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:ruled out a return to Williams.

Speaking prior to Alfa Romeo’s announcement last week in Aust🌌in, Hulkenberg was asked whether he would consider stepping down to a reserve or simulator role with an F1 team to retain his links to the sport for 2020.

But he made clear he would not consider it, saying: “No, that’s not an op🍃tion.🦩”

Asked iꦺf he would rather race something else, Hulkenberg said: “Or maybe n𝓀ot race for a while. Honestly, I don’t know right now.

“It depends on what happens and༺ what unfolds here. Once we have tha🀅t answer, I’ll look at other things.

“I don’t want to rush into something or jump on something just to race. It needs to be something that I like, a chaඣllenge that excites me.

“I have no conclusio🦩n, no perf🍌ect answer for that yet.”

Hulkenberg was linked by reports in both the German and British medౠia to a move into DTM for 2020, with one story claiming he was due to be unveiled as a BMW driver this week.

Hu๊lkenberg retweeted the story to s🌸hoot it down, writing: “Thank you for the update to my future. Next time maybe less pot-stirring? #fakenews”

Besten Dank an für das Update zu meiner Zukunft..
Nächstes Mal vielleicht weniger Topfschlagen?!

— Nico Hülkenberg (@HulkHulkenberg)

Additional reporting by Julianne Cerasoli.