Only one thing is clear about Nico Hülkenbergs near future: He does not know what is going to happen.
But 2020 will be without a seat in Formula 1, he confirmed to the press in Brazil. It has been in the cards, since Renault after three years of cooperation, chose to drop the 32-year-old German to the advantage of Mercedes’ French stortalent Esteban Ocoña.
– I have not signed anything and is not going to in the near future. I have received calls from teams in various motor sport series, but there is not that big at the moment, he said before the Brazilian Grand Prix, according to the racer.com.
the German media has been quick to link him to a seat in Indycar with Ed Carpenter Racing, which the team flatly denies. Mclaren’s Zak Brown has previously offered Hülkenberg a seat in the british Indycar program, which was rejected for a specific reason.
– Ovalbaner. I have always said that I’m not a fan of them. It is not for me. In that case, I would stick to the normal courses, he says.
In other words, he would not be able to run a handful of the season’s races, and therefore be without the chance to win the championship.
This weekend in Brazil participate Nico Hülkenberg in his 178. and provisionally the penultimate Formula 1-grandprix. Photo: RICARDO MORAES/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
the German stresses that he does not stress over the uncertain future, and that a gap year can also be considered.
– A decade in Formula 1 is intense with a busy lifestyle. Therefore, I will just see how I have it when the year starts, and how things evolve. Right now I know it’s just not, and I don’t want to think about it, because I’m still here, ” he says.
the Dream of a return to Formula 1 in 2021 is still there.
– I love this sport, and I will be ready and fit, if that proves a chance for a comeback, says Hülkenberg to the German media, according to Spiegel.
he has Previously stated that the simulator – or reserveroller in Formula 1 no interest. The same applies to a seat at Williams. He also had opportunities at Haas. The rejection of him as teamkammerat to Kevin Magnussen was, according to the Ekstra information is not so simple as laid out in the certain international media.
Nico Hülkenberg was in dialogue with Günther Steiner to become the colleague with Kevin Magnussen in 2020. Photo: Glenn Dunbar/LAT
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When Haas after the summer break quickly decided for Romain Grosjean, it was also about that Nico Hülkenberg wagered in F1’s stoleleg, and neither had the requisite faith in the american team or was on the same wavelength in relation to the salary and kontraktlængde.
– It was serious, but it is hard for me to go in too many details. All sensitive information, ” said Hülkenberg in Singapore, after Haas had confirmed its drivers.
– I’m not disappointed, I was not the agreement.
Then closed opportunities also at Alfa Romeo and Red Bull for the holder of the unfortunate record as the Formula 1 driver with the most race without having stood on the podium.
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