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Hulkenberg: 'I've been thrown into cold water'

  In less than 24 hours, Nico Hulkenberg found himself going from a journey to the Nurburgring to an outing at Silverstone in the Racing Point RP20. It all started when Sergio Perez tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday evening. Racing Point, now in need of a driver, called upon former employee Nico Hulkenberg. 'The last 24 hours have been a bit special, crazy and wild,' Hulkenberg said. Having received the phone call from Otmar Szafnauer at 16:30 on Thursday, Hulkenberg was having a seat fit at 2am and after a quick nap, in the Racing Point simular at 8am. 'We didn’t have heaps of time because I had to be tested [for Covid] as well but the real deal, obviously today, we’ve got...
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