Kevin Magnussen welcomes the possibility of Nico Hulkenberg joining the Haas F1 team despite his past ties.
The Haas F1 team has yet to decide whether to retain Mick Schumacher for a third season, with Nico Hulkenberg battling Schumacher for last place on the 2023 F1 grid.
Nico Hulkenberg’s last full-time F1 career with Renault in 2019 was followed by the period of the coronavirus, Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll at Racing Point in 2020 and this season at Aston Martin, where he made a series of substitutions in the first two games. replacing Sebastian Vettel.
At the 2017 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, there was a track battle between Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg, when Magnussen pushed him onto the grass.
Kevin Magnussen was left with a grudge after Hulkenberg said “suck my balls”. However, Kevin Magnussen is confident that if the Haas F1 team decides to do so, it will work perfectly with Hulkenberg.
“I have said many times that there is absolutely no problem with Nico,” said Magnussen.
“Actually I respect him as a driver. I don’t know him very well as a person.”
“But I don’t have an opinion that it should be in the second car.”
“Mick is doing a good job so far. He had some problems at the beginning of the year, he had some crashes, but now he is much faster.”
Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner previously said he is in no rush to announce a second driver for 2023, but recently hinted that it would be announced ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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