Those are pretty busy days at home Haas, from many points of view. The American team, which was aiming for the regulatory revolution of 2022 to get closer to its direct competitors from the center of the group, is instead facing a series of rather worrying unexpected events. The most important and urgent to solve is the one concerning the second guide of the team, after that Nikita Mazepin and his sponsor Uralkali were ousted from the team as a ‘repercussion’ for the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine. Initially it seemed obvious that the place lost by the young Muscovite would be occupied by the third driver of the team, the Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi. However, if the grandson of art will almost certainly drive in the Bahrain tests, the role of title driver in the championship could be assigned to someone with more experience.
In recent days they have made several names: from Italian Antonio Giovinazzicurrently engaged in Formula E but who could free himself and would have the support of Ferrari on his side, the Dane Kevin Magnussenwhich for the team of Gunther Steiner he has already led from 2017 to 2020. Now, however, the intriguing option of Nico is added to the list of possible candidates Hulkenberg. The German has great experience in the Circus and was very close to joining the Kannapolis team before the 2020 World Cup. Alleged differences of an economic nature, however, prevented the agreement from being finalized. However, the German has been inactive for more than a year now, despite having worked last season as the third Aston Martin driver. His last races in F1 date back to 2020, when at the wheel of the then Racing Point he replaced Checo Perez and Lance Stroll in three circumstances.
Should Hulkenebrg be put under contract, the Haas would be at his service two German pilots. The Emmerich native would in fact join Mick Schumacher, who will play his second season with the US team in 2022. Skeptical about the occurrence of this possibility is said to be Mick’s uncle, Ralf Schumacher. The former Williams and Jordan driver said he couldn’t “Imagine that Steiner reactivates his old contacts with Hulkenberg and brings a second German into the team. I would be surprised“, He concluded.
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