A loss of oil pressure forced Renault driver Nico Hรผlkenberg to retire in the recent USGP, held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas.
However, despite this set back, the German driver is ready to brush the disappointment aside as he gears up for the heights of Mexico City this coming weekendโฆ.
What do you like about Mexico City?
Mexico City is a massive place, maybe one of the biggest I've ever visited. I've been fortunate to fly over it in a helicopter and it's really mind blowing!
How is the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to drive?
The track itself is challenging. We are at high altitude, so we lose a lot of downforce because of the air density. It makes the car light and easy to slide. It has a lot of tricky corner combinations which look simple but are extremely technical. It's certainly not an easy lap. The standout is the final two corners and driving through the stadium. That's really cool, it's always loud and a real goosebumps moment.
How do you reflect on Austin?
It's obviously a hugely disappointing weekend in the end and we were on the back foot from the start with the grid penalty. I actually made a decent start in the race, keeping it clean into turn one and moved up a couple of places. But we lost oil pressure on lap four and that forced us to retire. I will be aiming to turn things around this week in Mexico.
