It seems that in the new Formula 1 We will have to get used to abandoning the race… without starting the races. What has already happened in Australia either China was repeated in Miami, Grand Prize in which the regulations were updated, and Nico Hulkenberg He was unable to start the sprint race on Saturday. His Audi R26 broke during the formation of the grid and leaves the German structure with only one car, that of Gabriel Bortoletoat the starting line of the short quote in Florida.
Audi He soon detected the German’s problems. From the box we could already see some fluid leaks, specifically the hydraulic ones, and not even the car’s outing on the track helped to regain normality. At the end of one of the straights a barbecue started in which fire came out of the rear of the car. Hulkenberg He could only stop the car and be forced to abandon it.
Unfortunately for HulkenbergThis is not the first time something similar has happened. He was already left without going out Australiafirst race of the course, for something similar. That quote, furthermore, was the best of Audi and Bortoleto He scored the team’s first points. The Brazilian didn’t have any better luck either and in China He suffered those problems and didn’t even come out. It also happened, it should be remembered, to the two McLaren oa Alex Albon.
BBQ in Hulkenberg’s car.
“We had all kinds of expectations for this weekend, but the sprint classification was good for us. Not perfect, but we did get what we had,” he confessed. Hulkenberg during Saturday. But he couldn’t take it to the race, something that was meant to be a virtue for the silver cars. “We have a solid race pace and the focus is on putting everything together when it matters,” he said. You won’t be able to enjoy it.
It’s not the best news for a Audi debuts new Racing Director in the figure of Allan McNish. The Scot, already in his position, did make it clear that the first day in Miami he offered them readings of all kinds. “We see how competitive the grid is and we need to focus for the next step. But we experienced a good reaction from the drivers with the balance and it leaves us in a good position,” he explained. The battle doesn’t start well at all.
