Hulkenberg reveals when Haas conversations intensified
Nico Hulkenberg has revealed when he contacted Haas to drive for the team in Formula 1 for 2023.
The German, who has been out of a full-time drive since 2019, has been in a reserve role with Aston Martin for the last two years.
He will now replace Mick Schumacher after the team opted to go for a more experienced driver line-up for next season, with Hulkenberg revealing when he first contacted the Haas Team Principal.
"I called Guenther [Steiner] in summertime," said Hulkenberg to media, including TheFOXposts.Com .
"The hunger to race, the fire to be in F1 , the pinnacle of motorsport. It's a pretty cool environment and what I what I love doing, and probably what I'm best at."
Following his departure from Renault, Hulkenberg still had race outings with Racing Point and latterly Aston Martin after Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel contracted Covid.
Even after leaving F1 briefly, he says that he never gave up on trying to get a seat for the f...