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The Hulkenberg revival

On the final lap of the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz made a do-or-die move. The driver upon whom he sold a beautiful dummy into a corner that no longer exists at the Yas Marina track? Nico Hulkenberg.

“[Sainz’s dive] cost him what might well have been his final point in F1,” stated the 12 December 2019 issue of Autosport magazine. Well, we were wrong about that – just five races into the 2020 COVID-19-impacted season.

A combination of factors played against Hulkenberg in 2019 and led to

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