News Details

Hulkenberg says red flag cost him chance of Spa podium

Nico Hulkenberg reckons the early red flag period during the Belgian Grand Prix cost him a shot at his first ever Formula 1 podium finish. Having started seventh, the Force India driver was running third when Renault's Kevin Magnussen suffered a heavy crash at Raidillon, leading to the race being brought to a halt. With second-placed Daniel Ricciardo able to get his damaged front wing repaired and fifth-placed Lewis Hamilton getting a free tyre stop under red flag conditions, Hulkenberg's podium chance was all but over. At the restart, Ricciardo was able to pull away, while Hamilton soon closed in and passed the Force India driver for third. It meant the German had to settle for fourth,...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo reveals red flag saved podium after wing...

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that his second-place finish in...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Red flag undoes the damage for Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo has consolidated his third position in the Formula 1...
9y ago from Crash.net

Bite-size tech: Red Bull front wing

Red Bull has been relatively anonymous when it comes to updates so far...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Ricciardo: Red Bull closing in on Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo celebrates a second place finish in Belgium Daniel...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal track defender who has been compared to...

Arsenal are keeping a close watch on one of Italy’s most exciting young...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Jamie Carragher picks Premier League Team of the...

Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike and Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo have...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Lots of scope to rotate for Palace EFL Cup tie

Morning all. It's EFL Cup action tonight as we face Crystal Palace at...
5h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal edge Everton to be Christmas No 1 amid more...

Arsenal ensured they would be top of the Premier League at Christmas as...
2d ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.