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Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull
The fact is that the Hulk has come very, very, very close to top drives on 3 occasions - 2 with Ferrari and one with Lotus - but in the end because he doesn't have the backing the teams decide to choose a slower pay driver who gets the car home, fills the nice reasonably and will provide good money.
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I am one of the first to say that Hulkenberg has been passed over at a fairly unfortunate rate during his young career given the talent he not only has but has been given the opportunity to display directly in an F1 car. That being said, of those 3 times he's been passed over, the only one where he lost out to a pay driver is this instance with Lotus. There are many colourful things one can say about Ferrari, but they took neither Massa or Kimi as a slower pay driver.