“We didn’t see that coming during the first half of the race, it didn’t look too well, but then things became a little more entertaining towards the end,” said Hulkenberg. “We made some good calls, I think other people were fighting and gathered the pieces, but we were there when it mattered very happy to have scored those points today.
“The first race in your belt is like the first milestone, you learn a lot in a race. We will digest and process everything. A couple of days to analyze, regroup and then return. “
Although it was a strong debut for the 37 -year -old, his younger teammate became the third rookie to be defeated by the challenging conditions when he left the track and found the barriers with only 12 laps of the remaining race.
The Brazilian had already impressed after having reached the second part of the qualification at the beginning of the weekend, knocking Hulkenberg and his rookie partner Kimi Antonelli.