Is Sergio Perez or Nico Hulkenberg More Attractive to Top F1 Teams?

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Published: October 13, 2015

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Sergio Perez may bring a hefty amount of sponsorship money with him wherever he goes in Formula One, but he is no ordinary pay driver, clinging to his seat thanks to a wealthy benefactor or Venezuelan oil company.

Perez's third-place finish last Sunday at the Russian Grand Prix only served as an exclamation point on the last two seasons, where he has often matched—and at times outperformed—his more heralded team-mate, Nico Hulkenberg.
 
The German earned plenty of praise (and rightly so) for his triumph earlier this year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but it is Perez who has come through with the headline-grabbing results in F1 during their shared time at Force India.

Yes, Hulkenberg has outscored Perez 134 to 113 since the start of 2014, but Perez has brought home the second and third podiums in the team's history.

As much talent as Hulkenberg has, Perez is the driver developing the reputation for delivering the big results.
 
In Montreal last year, Hulkenberg said he wasn't thinking as much about a top-three finish as all the journalists who kept asking him about it appeared to be. But, despite his protestations, it must frustrate him.



That is especially true of the race in Sochi where it very well could have been him in Perez's position, had he not thrown away a brilliant sixth-place qualifying performance with an unforced error, spinning at Turn 2.

That kind of mistake is uncharacteristic of Hulkenberg, but he also made a clumsy move in Singapore, running into Felipe Massa as the Brazilian exited the pits. The collision cost Hulkenberg three grid places in Japan (where he still managed to finish sixth).

Are these recent errors perhaps the mark of a discouraged driver pushing too hard?

After the Russian race, per a team press release, Hulkenberg said:

I didn't have the best of starts, but then I was able to pick the ide...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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