Nico Hülkenberg with Mercedes?

Nico Hulkenberg, dismissed from the stable Williams, could rebound at Mercedes. Indeed, Ross Brawn's team no longer has a talented reserve driver since the departure of Nick Heidfeld, even if Sam Bird showed all his qualities during the tests for young drivers in Abu Dhabi.

Thus, the young German would be an ideal third driver for Mercedes, which could make him the designated successor of Michael Schumacher, the latter inevitably approaching a second retirement, at the end of 2011 or 2012.

If the seven-time World Champion confirmed that he had returned to Formula 1 to be World Champion in three years, the 2010 season did not reassure his team about its level after three years off, its rage to win perhaps being blunted.

Furthermore, the spectacular accident he suffered in Abu Dhabi may have made the German realize, according to the insistent noises from the paddock, that he is no longer old enough to take such risks and nothing more. to prove in order to have to do it. Nico Hülkenberg, in the 3rd driver position, would then be the ideal replacement. But the 2009 GP2 champion is also in contact with Force India, which has not yet assured its drivers, Tonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil.

By leaving Nico Hülkenberg behind, Williams may have made a mistake that will cost him dearly in the seasons to come. But keeping him would have cost him dearly immediately, and the Grove team favored another solution, which will soon be revealed.