5 Great Drivers Who Have Thrived Outside of F1

Last month, the belief that Formula One is the only form of motor racing worth bothering with was blown out of the water by one of its own competitors. Nico Hulkenberg's decision to participate in endurance races with Porsche in 2015, in addition to his commitments with Force India, was hugely popular among the motor sport community and took us back to a time when F1 drivers were permitted to compete in alternative series. F1 teams, in the modern era, had always been hesitant to grant their stars permission to risk their lives while representing other organisations in other formulae, with Robert Kubica's career-ending rally crash in early 2011 doing little to weaken the collective stance. Hulkenberg's balancing act, however, should open the...

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