After a day of testing in a Haas car, Nico Hulkenberg admitted that he will be training extremely intensively for several months to properly prepare for a return to Formula 1 in 2023.
After just ten laps around the Abu Dhabi circuit, Niko felt the consequences of a long break in the regular races, as the physical demands in Formula 1 are not only very high, but also very specific.
“It’s not just about the load on the neck – it’s about the whole body, including the glutes that have to work very intensively,” admitted Hulkenberg. – It was hard for me, by the end of the day I just kind of felt like a wreck, but that was to be expected. Honestly, I still did better than I could have imagined, and that’s good. But now I have three months of very intensive training ahead of me.
Actually, everything is fine, because it was a reminder of how much stress you experience behind the wheel of such cars. Add to that the psychological pressure that comes with racing, that’s another story. But I have a clear plan and I know what to do.
There are a lot of basic things to sort out and try to improve by next year so that at the start of the season you can immediately focus on working with speed. It’s not just about the results on the circle – we need to identify areas where we can add, which will allow us to go faster, and then work with the engineers and look for suitable solutions.
Of course I have to drive a new car next year, so the cards will get mixed up again, but what we’re going to do will become clear when we start working on the track.
Source: F1 News
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