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Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says that one mistake from Nico Hulkenberg per year can "more than be forgiven". Hulkenberg crashed out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, losing the rear of his car and hitting the wall at the exit of Turn 4.
Similarly, Hulkenberg made a self-inflicted mistake at the Baku race last season, hitting the wall at Turn 7. Abiteboul described the team's race result as 50% good, as Carlos Sainz managed to come home in fifth place, securing 10 points for the team.
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"Carlos did a good race but Nico just made a mistake. He makes one a year and last year it was here as well! Nico had some misfortune, but it was his only mistake last year and if it has to be his only mistake again this year, he will be more than forgiven."
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I've defended Nico's driving ability plenty in the past. But it's these kind of key mistakes that have caused him to have zero podiums. It's also lack of mistakes in key moments that has allowed Sergio Pérez to collect 8 podiums driving similar cars.