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Hulkenberg: If you snooze you lose in Formula 1

Renault driver Nico Hulkenberg has taken an unexpected but brutally honest swipe at his team after a disappointing Russian Grand Prix weekend for the French outfit, his sentiments echoed by team ambassador F1 legend Alain Prost. In qualifying at Sochi Autodrom, the yellow cars were a massive 1.6 seconds slower than the similarly Renault powered Red Bulls, at the end of race day it was worse with Nico Hulkenberg 12th, a lap behind the leader, and Carlos Sainz 17th and two laps adrift. After the race, Hulkenberg did not mince his words, 'If you snooze you lose in Formula 1. Ultimately we were just lacking pace and were just too slow.' 'Even with the clean race and good conversation of the...
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