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Sheered bolt prevented Hulkenberg's F1 race return
Nico Hulkenberg A sheered bolt prevented Nico Hulkenberg from making his Formula 1 race return at last weekend’s British Grand Prix. Hulkenberg joined Racing Point in place of Sergio Perez, who was ruled out on the Thursday prior to the event after testing positive for COVID-19. The last minute call up saw the German driver bank 13th on the grid but come Sunday failed to make the grid. 'It looks like a bolt sheared within the clutch housing and that bolt got caught and therefore wouldn't allow the internal combustion engine to turn over,' admitted the Team Principal, Otmar Szafnauer. 'So where the bolt fell off, it got jammed, and we couldn't turn the engine over. 'It's a bit early to...
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