First thing in the morning this Thursday, the rumors about the partner of Kevin Magnussen in Haas in 2023. Finally, Nico Hulkenberg will sit in Mick Schumacher’s seat next year. The son of the ‘Kaiser’ is thus left without a seat for the next season, except for a miracle.
The new couple of Haas in 2023 they will have the obligation to get along if they do not want sparks to fly in the team. And it is that both pilots had a clash in the ‘playpen‘ five years ago after the Hungarian GP in 2017.
It all happened as a result of a fight between the two pilots to be 11th. In turn 2, Magnussen took Hulkenberg off the track and German I do not hesitate to reproach him for the action after the race. In fact, Magnussen received a sanction of five seconds.
The Dane was speaking to the media when he suddenly appeared hulkenbergwho told him the following: “Once again you are the most unsportsmanlike that…”.
The German did not even finish his sentence, but the Dane replied: “suck my balls**“. At the time it became very viral the comment.
Looking forward to seeing these 2 friends share a team:
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“When it comes to competing, it’s very dirty. It’s okay to defend hard, but when he defends, he has no regard and send the rivals to the wall. What he did to me on the court is basically behave like an asshole. I’ll go talk to Charlie Whiting about it,” he said. hulkenberg after the race
“After all that, that interview and that comment, I think Nico was very offended and since then he has not spoken to me. I think he is resentful after that “, were the words of the Dane some time later.
“No problem with Hulkenberg”
When there were only rumors about the arrival of hulkenberg a Haasthey asked Magnussen about him, to which the one from Haas cut off any kind of rumor about that they get along badly: “I have said many times that I have no problem with Nico. I have respect for Nico as a racing driver. I don’t know him as a person, but I’ve always respected him as a pilot, so I would not have any problem“.
So, we will have to wait for the 2023 season to start to see if both they have put aside their differences and establish a good relationshipwhich will be the best for your team.
