Nico Hulkenberg said that after the finish in Baku he went to talk to race director Nils Wittich. The Haas driver was not happy that after the collision between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz the yellow flags changed to green for a while. During this time Lewis Hamilton and Oliver Berman managed to overtake him, and only then the virtual safety car mode was activated.
Nico Hulkenberg: “I was very surprised when the yellow flags were followed by green flags and it took some time before the safety car mode was activated. In recent history, for example in Melbourne last year, the red flags came very, very quickly after the Alpine drivers collided. That’s why I was surprised that the decision in Baku was different to the past.
After the race I went to talk to Nils, but I can’t tell you our conversation. He believed he was doing exactly the same as usual. He had no idea that this time it was different.
It looked like I was going to have a successful finish in Baku, but in the last two laps the points slipped out of my hands, which is very disappointing because it was a missed opportunity. But I turned the page and moved on. I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”
Source: F1 News
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