Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen's two-year partnership at Haas defied expectations, blossoming into a harmonious and fruitful collaboration. Despite a history of on-track clashes, the pair matured and developed a strong friendship, even sacrificing personal gains to help each other achieve success.
Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen 's two years at Haas was unexpected, but proved fruitful. Haas ’ Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg ended their time together as teammates as close friends – a far cry from previous tensions between the duo. Magnussen and Hulkenberg raced together as teammates at Haas for two years, and became good friends in a somewhat unexpected turnaround from what was expected when the two drivers were first put together.
Back at the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix, the pair – who weren’t teammates at the time – were battling for P10 late in the race, but Magnussen was handed a five-second penalty for forcing Hulkenberg off the track as he tried to defend his position. In the TV pen after the race, Hulkenberg would confront Magnussen and sarcastically dubbed him “once again the most unsporting driver”. “Suck my balls, mate,” was the response from Magnussen – an amusing moment that went viral across the globe and marked out their relationship as one that could have spelled trouble when the duo became teammates at But both men had come a long way in their personal lives in the intervening five years with both getting married, settling down and having children, and, instead, became one of the most harmonious teammate duos on the grid. So cooperative was the relationship, Magnussen even sacrificed his own race on occasion in order to aid Hulkenberg’s race ahead of him on track in a bid to help Haas score points – the Danish driver turning into a moving roadblock in order to hold up rivals and aid his teammate. It proved fruitful for the pairing, with Haas scoring a total of 58 points in what was a strong season for the American squad as it finished seventh overall – Hulkenberg scoring 41 points, and Magnussen scoring 16 (Bearman scoring the remaining point). With the “annoying” media pen confrontation long consigned to history, the pair were in a reflective mood as they spoke to media, including PlanetF
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