Nico Hulkenberg draws unwanted attention for big 'screw up' at the Qatar Grand Prix

Worse yet, Haas had actually reminded Nico Hulkenberg on the formation lap.

Tripped up by a “strange situation” of not having a car in the box in front of his in Qatar, Nico Hulkenberg admits he “screwed up” by slotting into the wrong spot.

Ferrari announced in the build-up to the race that they found a leak in his SF-23’s fuel cell and, as there wasn’t enough time to repair it, Sainz would not be able to take the start.That tripped up Hulkenberg, who lined up in the Spaniard’s empty spot on the grid only to be given a 10-second penalty for the infringement.“Screwed up, plain and simple.”

“I realised before I stopped but you can’t reverse and the damage was done, so that was obviously a big mistake from me,” he said. “That stopped our race before it even started.”“Remember to leave the free space behind Norris in front of you,” his race engineer radioed to Hulkenberg.

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