Hulkenberg says the fix to Haas F1 team's problems 'doesn't lay on the street' after struggling to last place in the Belgian GP.
Nico Hulkenberg has said the solution to his Haas Formula 1 team’s current problems “doesn’t lay on the street” and it will take time to implement a fix.Hulkenberg has shown good pace on his return to a full-time drive in 2023, regularly making Q3 and qualifying as high as second in Canada, before he took a penalty hit in Montreal.In the first half of the season his best result was seventh in Australia, although he also picked up a sixth in the Austrian GP sprint event.
“I think we understand the cause and what happens and why it happens,” said the German after finishing last in the Belgian GP. “I think we can still improve the situation this year. To what extent, that's TBC, it's down to us, and we have to prove it. But yeah, it's a longer-term thing.”“Yeah, we need it,” he said. “But what we really needed is some upgrades, some real performance, to help ourselves. That's what we need.
Esteban Ocon, Alpine A523, leads Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C43, Logan Sargeant, Williams FW45, and the remainder of the field at the startHulkenberg had what he called a “grim weekend” in Belgium, starting at the back in the sprint after hitting hydraulic issues, and failing to set a time in main qualifying due to the issue not leaving him time to get a lap in.
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