Nico Hulkenberg has revealed how the marshals at Flip 1 for the Method 1 Brazilian Grand Prix have been “partying” after serving to the Haas driver rejoin the race after an off which led to his black flag.
The German spun out in troublesome situations at Interlagos and though he failed to achieve the limitations on the first nook, he turned beached on a crest within the run-off space, along with his rear wheels within the air.
This led to using the digital security automotive – one which introduced race-defining pitstops – however as a substitute of Hulkenberg retiring, he was pushed off the ledge and continued.
However using outdoors help contravened F1 laws and noticed Hulkenberg disqualified – the primary driver proven the black flag for the reason that Canadian Grand Prix in 2007.
Recapping his race, Hulkenberg mentioned: “I feel it was going OK on the inters really; I used to be in a practice with Pierre [Gasly] and Fernando [Alonso] for a very long time, earlier than we pitted. So I feel we have been going OK – it wasn’t dreadful, however it wasn’t superb both.
“Simply after the pitstop, our race one way or the other… clearly it completed fairly rapidly and all of it went south from there.”
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas VF-24
Photograph by: Lubomir Asenov / Motorsport Photos
On the incident that finally noticed him disqualified, Hulkenberg defined: “They [the marshals] got here out, they pushed me off and so they have been actually proud of themselves.
“They have been partying and pushing me on and saying, ‘come on, go, let’s go, this race is not completed’. In that second, you do not actually assume, you do not care to be trustworthy as nicely.
“You simply proceed and also you cope with the results later.”
The race would additional twist on a pink flag simply laps after Hulkenberg had triggered the digital security automotive as a deluge of rain and Franco Colapinto’s crash below security automotive situations led to race management suspending the race.
Having made it to the pits below the pink flags earlier than being advised of his disqualification, Hulkenberg handled the worst of the climate and insisted: “Positively amongst the hardest situations that I’ve raced in.
“Extremely low grip, a really, very slender window, very onerous to make no errors. It was very powerful.”
