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Nico Hulkenberg could be offered another F1 return as stand-in for Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team

, Nico Hulkenberg could be offered another F1 return as stand-in for Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team

NICO HULKENBERG could be offered another F1 return as a stand-in for Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team.

The German was called up as a late replacement for Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll last season.

Nico Hulkenberg could be offered another F1 return as a stand-in
Mercedes themselves were also forced to call in a reserve driver last season when Lewis Hamilton tested positive in Bahrain

That came when the two Racing Point drivers were struck down with Covid-19.

Mercedes themselves were also forced to call in a reserve driver last season.

That occurred after Lewis Hamilton tested positive in Bahrain.

George Russell had to fill in for the F1 legend.

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And now Merc boss Toto Wolff says his team could swoop for Hulkenberg.

That will be if their reserves, Stoffel Vandoorne or Nyck de Vries, are engaged in their Formula E commitments.

Wolf said: “There is a situation that our two reserve drivers, Stoffel and Nyck, are racing in Formula E and there are certain races where there is an overlap.

“I think Nico knows the current generation of Formula One cars and the tyres.

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“And it would be good to have him in the line-up as a solution, maybe to be shared with other teams.

“He’s a known quantity and well respected, so it would be good.

“But it’s not yet… we didn’t put pen to paper.”

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