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Nico Hulkenberg to replace Sergio Perez

Following Sergio Pérez testing positive for COVID-19, BWT Racing Point Formula One Team's scramble to find a new driver was a very quick one as the team announced former driver Nico Hülkenberg would be covering for his teammate. When talking to Sky F1 Otmar Szafnauer talked through the process of “tracking down Nico”, getting his super license, and giving him basic knowledge of the car with 40 minutes of simulator time and of course the struggle of fitting the German into RP20 Hülkenberg flew to the UK Thursday night, however  wasn’t allowed into the paddock due to the worry of Nico even passing (well technically failing) his COVID-19 test as per the FIA protocols as it’s a...
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