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Abiteboul: Hulkenberg does not usually make mistakes like that

Cyril Abiteboul believes Nico Hulkenberg will move on from the huge first turn, first lap crash he triggered at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, the Renault chief pointing out, somewhat erroneously, that the German seldom makes such errors. But in truth, Speedweek reports, stats show that Hulkenberg in his 148 grand prix starts has been involved in no fewer than ten first lap shunts that ended in DNF for him. In the history of the sport, only four F1 drivers have crashed out of the race on the opening lap more times than Hulkenberg, they are: Jarno Trulli (14), Rubens Barrichello (13), Andrea de Cesaris (12) and Kimi Raikkonen (11). As a result of DNFs the Renault driver has covered...
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