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The wild reason behind Nico Hulkenberg's Barcelona GP retirement

Motorsport.comJune 15, 2026

Curated for Torqlytics readers — aggregated from trusted F1 publishers, not original reporting.


An on-track battle with Liam Lawson caused a very peculiar retirement for Nico Hulkenberg at the Barcelona Grand Prix, one the Formula 1 veteran had “never seen” before.Hulkenberg was trying to overtake Lawson for ninth during lap 28 of Sunday’s contest, but a sudden mechanical failure caused him to peel into the pitlane for an early end.It turns out that the Racing Bulls driver had ...