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Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg has expressed his happiness in securing a good result at Monza, where he finished at fifth only behind the Red bull and Ferrari cars.
“It’s a great result – another great performance by the team today. Fifth was probably the right result for us – we only finished behind Red Bull and Ferrari, which was great,” he said.
This was the driver’s highest finish since November 2012 when he finished fifth in Brazil and was also a huge improvement on his 13th at Spa.
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“Despite starting third, it was always clear keeping the Ferrari and Red Bulls behind was not realistic,” Hulkenberg said.
“I lost two places right at the start, but then the pace was good and, especially towards the end, I was able to catch up quite a bit again. I kept the Mercedes behind with Nico leaving no room for me making any mistakes,” he added.
Hulkenberg’s highest finish came at Belgium in 2012 where he was fourth with Force India and the driver is also rumored to be the man to replace Felipe Massa if the Brazilian leaves Ferrari.
