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Hulkenberg reflects on ‘special, crazy and wild’ 24 hours

Nico Hulkenberg admits the past 24 hours have been wild after he was called up to replace Sergio Perez at the British Grand Prix. Perez tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, leaving Racing Point searching for a replacement at late notice. Although the team had access to Mercedes reserve drivers Esteban Gutierrez and Stoffel Vandoorne, Gutierrez did not have recent Formula 1 experience and Vandoorne was unavailable due to Formula E commitments, so Hulkenberg was approached to return to his former team. “The last 24 hours have been a bit special, crazy and wild,” Hulkenberg said. “4:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon I got the call and took the plane here, seat fitted at 2 a.m. and got...
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