Hulkenberg explains how he was “a passenger” in his Interlagos practice crash on Friday, but says his car escape sustaining enough damage to trigger a grid penalty.
“I ran a bit too wide at the exit of the last corner, took a little bit too much kerb there, wanted a bit too much probably,” Nico Hulkenberg explained.
Nico Hulkenberg: “The car bottomed out, and from there it was done, I was a passenger.”
Nico Hulkenberg: “Obviously it’s far from ideal to crash on a Friday, it’s not what I want, but unfortunately it happened today.”

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