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Why Racing Point chose Hulk over Gutierrez
Nico Hulkenberg was chosen over Esteban Gutierrez as the stand-in for Sergio Perez at the British Grand Prix because Racing Point wanted “someone who could score points for us”. Those were the words of team boss Otmar Szafnauer as he reflected upon a dramatic Thursday at Silverstone during which Perez initially had an ‘inconclusive’ test for COVID-19 and then a positive one, ruling him out of this weekend’s race. The scramble then began to find a replacement for the Mexican, with Gutierrez and Stoffel Vandoorne being the initial names in the frame. Vandoorne, however, was discarded from the reckoning due to a Formula E commitment. But then Hulkenberg, who drove for Force India in...
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