Nico Hulkenberg has been suggested by Ralf Schumacher to depart Haas.
Hulkenberg has quietly put collectively a string of unexpectedly shiny performances within the first 4 rounds of the F1 2024 season.
He has scored factors twice, and narrowly failed to take action on the F1 Japanese Grand Prix on the weekend.
Haas completed backside of the constructors’ championship final yr however, beneath Ayao Komatsu’s management as the brand new group principal, have loved a fruitful begin to the yr largely because of Hulkenberg’s drives.
Now 36, and after getting back from a three-year hiatus to F1, Hulkenberg is attracting curiosity from elsewhere.
German giants Audi, who run as Sauber till 2026, reportedly need him as a German driver to entrance their new challenge.
Schumacher was requested if Hulkenberg ought to keep at Haas subsequent yr, however he stated to Sky: “No, actually not.
“Haas is actually a fantastic group and every thing will get higher there, however the construction doesn’t look to the longer term.
“Investments are pending however should not being made as a result of [team owner] Gene Haas has different concepts.
“It is a good, small group for newcomers like Oliver Bearman.”
Schumacher butted heads with Guenther Steiner, when he was Haas’ group principal, over the remedy of Mick Schumacher.
Mick was criticised for the frequency of his crashes and was finally axed from his F1 drive by Steiner, who insisted he not needed rookies in his automobiles.
Steiner went from Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin to veteran duo Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen.
Hulkenberg stated after a shiny begin to the yr: “I charge the leap we’ve got made for the reason that begin of the season very positively and really effectively.
“We’ve a totally completely different start line than final yr.
“Final yr within the race it was all the time a one-way road backwards, i.e. within the incorrect route.
“Now we have seen on 4 completely different routes that we will sustain. I am completely satisfied and looking forward to extra.”
