Schumacher is absent from the 2023 F1 driver line-up after being axed by Haas, with Hulkenberg instead brought back onto the grid to💫 partner Kevin Magnussen.

The change was particularly high-profile because the son of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher was🍷 regularly criticised by Haas boss Guenther Steiner for the frequency of his crashes, before an agonisingly long decision-making process dominated the final week▨s of the season.

"We haven't spoken to each 🌼other since,” Hulkenberg told about his fellow German.

“We never really exchanged ideas before.

"Mick is also a different generation. We never had a real relationship, something like he has with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel. 

“The story⛄ is now what it is. If it hadn't been me, maybe it would have been someone else."

Hulkenberg, who was dropped by Renault in 2019, said about Haas ditc♔hing Schumacher: "F1 is about performance. If you convince and perform, you have a job, you are a hot stock. If there is no performance, then it's over very quickly."

Hulkenberg, 35, ꦛholds th♐e F1 record for the most race starts without a podium.

He said about his comeback: "The preparations are going well. It feels good to go back in. The volume and intensity in training have increased again, so the last few years have been more r🎃elaxed. It feels good to get up in the morning, feel the body.

"If you don't drive F1 for months, then again [you feel a] strain. These G-forces, which have a great effect on the body when driving, are very special. You can trai൩n like a world champion, 𝄹the first time in a car like this, everyone suffers.

"Despite all the eupho⛎ria and joy, you have to remain realistic. You're d꧅ependent on the car."