Alright when was that again.....?

Jim Layee · Aug 3, 2020

He did ok , about what I'd expect from him at such short notice.

I've always rated him a sold midfielder without that extra sparked needed to run consistently up front.

Bram Hengeveld · Aug 3, 2020

He is such a nice, friendly likable guy but honestly he has never really impressed in F1 apart from his Williams pole lap in Brazil a few years ago.

RobertGracie · Aug 3, 2020

He did an awesome job to get to Silverstone asap and then get fitted all for the car to let him down, I hope they banish that gremlin that caused the problem for him and he get a chance to run in anger in the 70th Anniversary GP!

Antony Snook · Aug 3, 2020

Nico was the right person for the job. He raced under Force India that is now racing point. So he knows the people in the garage. When he retired last year it seemed to soon. He should of had more success in F1. But F1 is a shark tank and when you jump into the car into the season things can go wrong. He had a mechanical problem which meant he could not roll out garage and onto grid. This is down to the mechanics or the engine supplier Mercedes Benz. A shame he could not start. Lets hope he has more luck in the next race at Silverstone. This said he did a good job in practice and Qualifying.

michelforest · Aug 3, 2020

Hulkenberg is very good and could be a reliable #2 driver in a F1 team. His problem is that he is now labeled as a veteran whose better days are behind him. Still, it feels unfair that drivers like Stroll, Grosjean, Kvyat or Giovinazzi are in F1 and he isn’t.

danclark · Aug 3, 2020

My dad and I were talking about how much we were looking forward to seeing Hulk get another go during Qualifying. My dad said, 'knowing his luck he'll be p3 with 5 laps left and get a puncture'.

He got the misfortune right just not the scale of it!

Antony Snook · Aug 3, 2020

I enjoyed the British GP last weekend. I fell in love with the track configuration. I am 44 so in my Mind the old Silverstone was considered better. Before the Magny-Cours up the middle section. But thats me showing my age. I did miss the fans though.
Nice to see Gravel traps showing just how fast the turns are. The tires where going to be problem as it was medium and hard. I am so used to seeing softs i think they never touch mediums or hard's. Tire failures at the end for Bottas and Lewis over the the line with floor scrubbing sparks of the track. Just like in 1992 when i went there before all the rules about running car low to track. Let's hope this virus leaves us soon and we car watch these events with fans in the stands. The NASCAR race at New hampshire had fans in the stands so we are on the up

pcraenme · Aug 3, 2020

I think he performed according to expectations. He just missed Q3 and somehow the pink Mercedes was not that impressive this weekend. Is that because for setup they rely on Perez and Stroll is just copying from him? Nico being new to the car would probably not be in a position yet to setup the car perfectly for the race. Let’s see what happens next week. They should have enough time now to give Nico a comfortable seat in the car.

gamer19 · Aug 3, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
He is such a nice, friendly likable guy

Kevin said he disagree with your message

AndrewBo · Aug 3, 2020

Appie Kuipers said:
If he wants to do something for others, spend money for poor kids who don’t have food, that helps, every race on your knee does not help atall, yes you make a statement, and that helps?

yes . He is spending a lot of his money to different sources.

He is a major contributor to Great Ormond Street hospital, Unicef, The Honeypot Children's Charity and Children of Africa. Many times after a race, instead of leaving the country immediately, he will stay and visit children in poor villages (India) and slums on behalf of UNICEF.

He has unified all of his giving under the Lewis Hamilton Foundation. The goal of the foundation is to provide grants and donations to help with disabilities, Education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty, and general charitable purposes throughout England

Antony Snook · Aug 3, 2020

Racissism goes all ways black to white white to black. Will it ever stop no it probably won't. I fear this mouvement of Black lives matter will turn into a cult and commit crime and destruction. Kid of like the Maffia. Living in Toronto Ontario Canada i am in the most multi cultural city in the world and i have learned to deal with racism against me. Being from England and white and having German blood line on my mothers side. So i get called a Nazi. I Just deal with it. I don't protest and tear statues down and act like a spoilt child.

bgil66 · Aug 3, 2020

Yes he still can get the job done, is still fit and professional but once this season is done I think the 24Hrs of LeMans Champion just needs to stay with Sportscars or maybe Indycar would welcome him

RichardHessels · Aug 3, 2020

Being in a F1 car the first time in 9 months, than only a 10th slower as your teammate on such a physical demanding and long track. He did very well.

Kenny Paton · Aug 3, 2020

Antony Snook said:
Being from England and white and having German blood line on my mothers side. So i get called a Nazi.

How do people know your lineage? Many people can suffer personal abuse for a variety of reasons but denigrating a whole race for their colour is a historical fact and has led to so much abuse.

Haiden773 · Aug 3, 2020

gamer19 said:
Kevin said he disagree with your message

I believe his exact words were, "Suck my balls, mate."

davehenrie · Aug 3, 2020

Gabor Edelmayer said:
Can we just give Merc and Hamilton the championships already?

Why did you wait so long? it's been over since week one.

Jugulador · Aug 3, 2020

He is a worst Rubens Barichello.

ears · Aug 3, 2020

Antony Snook said:
Racissism goes all ways black to white white to black. Will it ever stop no it probably won't. I fear this mouvement of Black lives matter will turn into a cult and commit crime and destruction. Kid of like the Maffia. Living in Toronto Ontario Canada i am in the most multi cultural city in the world and i have learned to deal with racism against me. Being from England and white and having German blood line on my mothers side. So i get called a Nazi. I Just deal with it. I don't protest and tear statues down and act like a spoilt child.

Appie Kuipers said:
The first race making a statement I can appriate and agree for sure.
Repeating this the value is slowly disappearing, that’s my idea about it.
But yes, I can see things wrong.

It's not that the value is slowly disappearing, it's that the message clearly isn't getting through, if posts like these are anything to go by.

It's not just about skin colour. It's about the minorities being treated unequally by the priviledged majority.

Someone died because a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in broad daylight. The middle of the street. Murder. And they weren't even going to arrest him for it.

It was like that man's life didn't matter. And it's happened before.

Hence.

UMC 22 · Aug 3, 2020

I think he did well for the little we saw of him, but the real test would have been race pace over the full distance. Such a shame he wasn't even able to start. Hopefully they'll keep him on board for the next race, so we (and other teams) get to see how he measures up.

Deleted member 217114 · Aug 3, 2020

He should concentrate at what is he is good at: Racing. His own values, norms and beliefs he must do that in private or so. He demanded other drivers to kneel. I also have the feeling it's a social media-thing for the likes, dopamina/serotonine or imago or so. But I can't read his mind, so I don't know.

Racism will never solved/ended. Humans are tend to live and enjoy company with people who look the same, think the same, etc. It's some sort of survivalinstinct.

TLDR: He must concentrate on racing.