As far as Nico Hulkenberg is concerned, he’d rather the Chinese GP had not been cancelled. And suddenly, Schumacher’s former teammate Kevin Magnussen – now paired with Hulkenberg – is no longer looking so comfortable. In total contrast, Hulkenberg said after finishing seventh on Sunday: “I feel good. “We got exactly what we wanted,” Haas boss Gunther Steiner said, having replaced Schumacher with Hulkenberg for 2023. Former F1 driver Timo Glock agrees that Hulkenberg’s return to F1 has been “strong”. So while Magnussen will use the now three-week break between Melbourne and Baku to answer those questions, Hulkenberg would rather be heading to Shanghai.

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