Nico Hulkenberg says that he’s anticipating to have a sore physique through the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend as his driver health is “not there”.
The 34-year-old, who’s Aston Martin’s reserve driver, was known as up as a late alternative for Sebastian Vettel after the four-time World Champion examined constructive for Covid-19.
Hulkenberg final raced full-time in Formulation 1 in 2019, however made three appearances in 2020 for Racing Level following constructive Covid-19 exams for his or her drivers.
The previous Pressure India and Renault driver has not raced competitively for the reason that finish of 2019, along with his solely driving expertise being in Aston Martin’s simulator.“
I believe to essentially get the sensation once more [will be the biggest challenge], to get an excellent concord with the automotive, to search out the restrict,” he stated.
“Bodily, for positive, the driving health just isn’t there. There’s going to be many challengers, there’s going to be an overload of knowledge immediately.
“For me, it’s nearly stepping into the automotive, getting on top of things with and get an excellent really feel.
“For positive the physique goes to be sore too, however simply to be again in a Formulation 1 automotive, they’re the quickest automobiles on the planet, it’s thrilling in fact.”
Hulkenberg says that leaping into the new-for-2022 automobiles is an added problem, as the remainder of the sector has had pre-season testing to grasp the brand new technical rules.
“I’ve performed it earlier than, I do know what to anticipate. I understand how it’s to stroll into the storage and step into the automotive, I’ve that have, for positive that’ll assist me,” Hulkenberg stated.
“However the time away, it’s been fairly some days, and these automobiles, they’re utterly new. The final time I got here again, I knew what these era of automobiles had been like and what I used to be going to get, roughly.
“However that is completely a white piece of paper now, I’m nearly to search out out and hit the bottom operating.
“I simply must really feel it, drive it and study as quick as potential. However not a simple state of affairs.”