Nico Hulkenberg was thrown in at the deep end at the Eifel GP last weekend, but the German driver says his last-minute call-up was more like a plunge "into an ice bath". Hulkenberg's on-the-spot performance with Racing Point at the Nürburgring was unanimously applauded by the F1 paddock. It was the third time this season that the Hulk filled in for a Racing Point driver, having replaced Sergio Perez at Silverstone's double-header earlier this year. But the circumstances surrounding his tardy draft in Germany, marked by a crucial lack of track time, left F1's super-sub with an even higher wall to climb last weekend. "I had the Silverstone experience in the back of my mind...
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