The German arrived in the country just after midnight on Thursday after being called up to replace Sebastian Vettel, who was sidelined by a positive COVID test.
After a seat-fitting in the AMR22 on Friday morning, Hulkenberg finished FP1 in 14th place, and he was then 17th in FP2.
In the latter session he was just 0.103s behind teammate Lance Stroll, although the Canadian made a mistake on his soft tyre lap.
“I started from plain zero this morning, and got settled in quite okay,” said Hulkenberg. “Obviously there’s always room for improvement. And we’ll learn, and process everything overnight.
“Today was just an overload of information, of data, of everything, a lot of emotions as well, obviously. But it was fun being back in an F1 car, having the speed sensation and the g-force back. So I enjoyed that one certainly, and look forward to the rest now.”
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