Nico Hulkenberg mentioned he missed out on the ultimate level as a result of he backed off greater than his rivals did in response to the crash on the penultimate lap of the race.
The Haas driver was operating in tenth place forward of Franco Colapinto, Lewis Hamilton and Oliver Bearman on lap 49. He was then handed by Colapinto.
Forward of them, Carlos Sainz Jnr and Sergio Perez collided on the straight between turns two and three. Each automobiles got here to a cease in opposition to the barrier.
The crash scene was coated by yellow flags for a minute earlier than the Digital Security Automobile was deployed. Throughout that point Colapinto, Hulkenberg, Hamilton and Bearman handed by the 2 crashed automobiles.
After they handed the crash scene, Hamilton and Bearman overtook Hulkenberg. The Haas driver mentioned the crash scene appeared so critical he thought the race could be red-flagged, and he slowed down greater than his rivals.
“It was all going really fairly good,” he instructed the official F1 channel. “Higher than anticipated, to be trustworthy. I managed to search out rhythm and a few tempo at present within the race, which I’m very blissful and happy about and proud.
“However then sadly, within the final two laps, confronted some points, confronted some bother, after which with the accident on the finish as effectively, I received caught off-guard as a result of for me that was a straight Security Automobile or perhaps a pink flag as a result of it was actual carnage down the straight. However then there was a inexperienced flag and I simply misplaced positions then there and misplaced the outcome, sadly.”
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Though Hulkenberg briefly moved as much as ninth by passing the 2 crashed automobiles, when Hamilton and Bearman got here by he fell to eleventh.
Hulkenberg thought his automotive may need been broken when he drove by means of the crash scene earlier than the VSC was deployed.
“The entire monitor was coated and I ran over an enormous – there was loads of particles and massive stuff and I hit one thing fairly huge,” he mentioned. “I couldn’t see as a result of I had a automotive proper in entrance of me.
“I hit one thing and I wasn’t certain the place my entrance wing was, to be trustworthy. It was fairly a giant bang. Fairly loopy two final laps, however not in our favour.”
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