Nico Hulkenberg

Nico Hulkenberg

Nation:	Germany
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	27
First start:	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last start:	Grand Prix of the 70th Anniversary 2020
Constructors
2010  Williams  • 2012  Force India  • 2013  Sauber  • 2014–2016  Force India  • 2017–2019  Renault  • 2020  Racing Point
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup seventh ( 2018 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 178 - 1 2
World Cup points :	517
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	43 over 194.4 km
As of: Spanish Grand Prix, August 16, 2020

Nicolas "Nico" Hülkenberg (born August 19, 1987 in Emmerich ) is a German automobile racing driver .

He became champion of the GP2 series in 2009 and made his Formula 1 debut in 2010 . From 2017 to 2019 he competed for Renault . In 2015 he won the Le Mans 24-hour race . His contract with Renault was for 2020 is not extended, but he replaced for two races the meantime to Covid-19 -erkrankten Racing Point pilots Sergio Pérez .

Career

Hülkenberg began his motorsport career at the age of nine with karting . At the age of 15 he won the German junior championship in 2002 with ten victories and a year later (2003) also the German kart championship (DKM).

Hülkenberg in the Dallara Mercedes of the Formula 3 Euro Series, 2008

2005 Hülkenberg joined the Formula racing and went into the German Formula BMW , where he became an instant with eight wins champion. At the subsequent Formula BMW World Final, he came third. In 2006 he started in the German Formula 3 Cup and was there for the first time victorious in his fourth race. In the overall standings, he took fifth place. These achievements helped him to a contract with the German team in the A1GP series, which he led to the title with a total of nine wins in winter 2006/2007 . There was only one event that he did not take part.

The next step in his career was to switch to the Formula 3 Euro Series , in which he competed in 2007 for the French championship team ASM Formule 3 . While his team-mate Romain Grosjean won the championship title, Hülkenberg won four races and finished third overall as the best newcomer behind Grosjean and Sébastien Buemi . He also won the prestigious Formula 3 Masters in Zolder . The Williams Formula 1 team then invited Hülkenberg to test drives in winter 2007/2008. He quickly convinced the British racing team of his abilities and received a test driver contract for the 2008 season .

In addition, Hülkenberg completed another year in the Formula 3 Euro Series for ASM, which had since been renamed the ART Grand Prix , and started the season as one of the title favorites. He met expectations and won the championship title with six wins just one race weekend before the end. On the last race weekend, he finished the season with another victory.

In 2009 Hülkenberg became champion of the GP2 series

In the following winter of 2008/2009 he started for ART Grand Prix in four races of the GP2 Asia series and finished all races among the best four drivers. Although he had taken part in less than half of the races, he finished sixth overall. In the following season of the GP2 series , which was largely held as part of the Formula 1 supporting program, Hülkenberg stayed at ART Grand Prix and received Pastor Maldonado, an experienced team-mate. After having been on the podium twice, he took the championship lead over his former Formula 3 rival Grosjean at round five at the Nürburgring with two wins, two fastest laps and pole position. With further victories in Budapest , Valencia and Portimão , he won the title and also became the fifth driver in the GP2 series to score at least 100 points in one season. Hülkenberg's greatest competitor, Romain Grosjean, had left the GP2 series prematurely and switched to Formula 1.

Hulkenberg in the Williams at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

After Hülkenberg was also active as a test driver for Williams in 2009 , he was given a regular cockpit in the Williams in 2010, where he became a teammate of Rubens Barrichello . At his third Grand Prix in Malaysia he scored his first world championship point in tenth place. At the Hungarian Grand Prix he achieved his best result of the season in sixth place. At the Brazilian Grand Prix , Hulkenberg achieved his first pole position in Formula 1 in his 18th qualifying. He coped best with the drying track and was over a second ahead of Sebastian Vettel in second place . In the race he failed to defend the leading position. At the start he had to give up the first position to Vettel. Hülkenberg finished in eighth place. In the second half of the season he came in the points several times and finished the season in 14th place in the drivers' world championship. Although he was behind his team-mate in the overall standings, he beat Barrichello several times in the second half of the season.

After the last race of the 2010 season, Hulkenberg announced that he would no longer compete for Williams in the 2011 season . In January 2011 he was signed as a test and reserve driver by Force India for the 2011 season . In this role he took part in some Friday training sessions. For the 2012 season , Hülkenberg was promoted to the regular cockpit at Force India. His teammate became Paul di Resta . He replaced his compatriot Adrian Sutil . After he was eliminated in the first lap at the season opener, he crossed the finish line in ninth place in the second race in Malaysia . At the European Grand Prix he achieved his best result in Formula 1 with fifth place. At the Belgian Grand Prix he exceeded this result with fourth place. At the last race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix , Hulkenberg was leading a few laps in occasional rain. In the duel for the top with Lewis Hamilton there was a collision for which Hülkenberg was given a drive-through penalty. He finally crossed the finish line in fifth place. He finished the season in eleventh place in the drivers' world championship and prevailed against his teammate di Resta with 63 to 46 points.

Nico Hülkenberg in the Sauber C32 at the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix

For the Formula 1 World Championship in 2013 , Hülkenberg moved to Sauber . At the first Grand Prix in Australia , Hulkenberg did not start because of technical problems. In his first start for Sauber in Malaysia , he finally finished eighth. A race later in China , he temporarily led the race. He finished in tenth place. After Hulkenberg never got past tenth place in the next eight races, he finished fifth in Italy . At the Korean Grand Prix , Hulkenberg was once again among the front runners. After keeping Fernando Alonso behind in the first half of the race , he did the same with Hamilton in the second half of the race. Hulkenberg finished fourth. Hülkenberg finished the season in tenth place and clearly prevailed against his team-mate Esteban Gutiérrez with 51 to 6 points .

After a season with Sauber Hulkenberg returned in 2014 back to Force India. He received a two-year contract with the racing team and became Sergio Pérez's teammate . When the permanent Formula 1 start numbers were introduced, he chose # 27. After finishing sixth at the season opener in Australia , he finished fifth in Malaysia and Bahrain . After this race, Hülkenberg was third in the drivers' championship with 28 points. He achieved two more fifth places in Monaco and Canada . He was ninth overall at the end of the season. Internally, he prevailed against Pérez with 96 to 59 points.

Nico Hulkenberg (right) on the winner's podium of the first three after winning the 2015 Le Mans 24-hour race

In 2015 , Hülkenberg and Pérez stayed with Force India. With three sixth places as the best results, he internally defeated Pérez with 58 to 78 points and was tenth in the overall standings. In addition to his Formula 1 involvement, Hülkenberg also competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2015 . He competed for Porsche in two races in an additional LMP1 vehicle and made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . He won this race together with Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy . For his sporting achievements in 2015, Hülkenberg was voted German motor sportsman of the year by the ADAC .

Hülkenberg in training for the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2016

In 2016 , Hülkenberg completed another season for Force India. A fourth place at the Belgian Grand Prix was his best result. Internally, he lost again to Pérez with 72 to 101 points. He reached ninth place overall.

Hülkenberg was originally under contract with Force India until the end of 2017 . In October 2016 it was announced that he had terminated his contract with Force India at the end of the year and moved to Renault for the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship . There he became a teammate of Jolyon Palmer . At the end of the season he finished tenth overall. In 2018 , Hülkenberg stayed with Renault. At the end of the season he was seventh overall with 69 points and thus achieved his best result so far.

In the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship , Hülkenberg completed his third and so far last season for Renault. Towards the middle of the season it became known that his contract with Renault was not being extended and that Nico Hulkenberg would leave the team at the end of the season. The Japanese Grand Prix ended Hulkenberg tenth, but was disqualified due to a protest by Racing Point days. At the end of the season he finished 14th overall with 37 points.

In the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship , he acted as an expert on RTL Formula 1 broadcasts for some races . After his former team-mate Pérez tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the run-up to the 2020 Great Britain Grand Prix , Racing Point signed Hülkenberg as a substitute pilot. However, due to a technical defect, he was unable to take part in the race. After Pérez tested positive again before the Grand Prix of the 70th anniversary , Hülkenberg also replaced him at this Grand Prix, which he finished in seventh. In the run-up to the next race in Spain , however, Perez's Corona test turned out negative, which means that Hülkenberg has to give way again. After the sixth race of the season, he is currently 14th in the drivers' standings with six points.

Personal

Hülkenberg's father runs Hülkenberg Spedition KG in Emmerich , where his son Nico began training as a freight forwarder , but did not complete it. His former manager Willi Weber also looked after Michael and Ralf Schumacher .

Hülkenberg is in a relationship with a fashion designer and lives in Monaco . He is fluent in Dutch.

Trivia

In Formula 1, he holds the record of the driver with the most starts (178) without a podium.

statistics

Career stations

1997-2004: karting 2005 : German Formula BMW (champion) 2006: German Formula 3 (5th place) 2007 : A1GP (Master *) 2007 : Formula 3 Euro Series (3rd place) 2008 : Formula 3 Euro Series (champions) 2008 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2009 : GP2 Asia Series (6th place) 2009 : GP2 series (champions) 2009 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2010 : Formula 1 (14th place) 2011 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2012 : Formula 1 (11th place) 2013 : Formula 1 (10th place)

2014 : Formula 1 (9th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (10th place) 2015 : WEC (9th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (9th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (10th place) 2018 : Formula 1 (7th place) 2019 : Formula 1 (14th place)

* Team placement

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2007	ASM Formule 3	Mercedes Benz	HO1		BRH		NOR		LIKE		MUG		ZAN		ONLY		CAT		NOG		HO2		72	3.
			2	7th	4th	6th	DNF	1	DNF	14th	21st	14th	6th	1	1	4th	2	8th	3	3	1	7th
2008	ART Grand Prix	Mercedes Benz	HO1		MUG		PAU		NOR		ZAN		ONLY		BRH		CAT		LMS		HO2		85	1.
			DNF	DNF	1	5	DNF	16	1	DNF	1	13	1	4th	1	5	1	DNF	24	8th	1	3

Individual results in the GP2 Asia series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
2008/2009	ART Grand Prix	CHN		UAE		BRN		QAT		MAS		BRN		27	6th
						4th	4th	1	3

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2009	ART Grand Prix	ESP		MON		DOOR		GBR		GER		HUN		EUR		BEL		ITA		POR		100	1.
		9	14th	5	3	5	4th	3	5	1	1	1	7th	2	1	2	DNF	6th	3	1	16

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

As of: Spanish Grand Prix, August 16, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2010	AT&T Williams	Williams FW32	Cosworth 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	1	-	22nd	14th
2012	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	20th	-	-	-	-	1	63	11.
2013	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C32	Ferrari 2.4 V8	18th	-	-	-	-	-	51	10.
2014	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM07	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	-	96	9.
2015	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM08	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	18th	-	-	-	-	-	58	10.
2016	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM09	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	1	72	9.
2017	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault RS17	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	20th	-	-	-	-	-	43	10.
2018	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault RS18	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	69	7th
2019	Renault F1 Team	Renault RS19	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	37	14th
2020	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point RP20	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	1	-	-	-	-	-	6th	14th
total				178	-	-	-	1	2	517

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2010
	14th	DNF	10	15th	16	DNF	17th	13	DNF	10	13	6th	14th	7th	10	DNF	10	8th	16
2012
	DNF	9	15th	12	10	8th	12	5	12	9	11	4th	21 *	14th	7th	6th	8th	DNF	8th	5
2013
	DNS	8th	10	12	15th	11	DNF	10	10	11	13	5	9	4th	6th	19 *	14th	6th	8th
2014
	6th	5	5	6th	10	5	5	9	8th	7th	DNF	10	12	9	8th	12	DNF	8th	6th
2015
	7th	14th	DNF	13	15th	11	8th	6th	7th	DNF	DNS	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	7th
2016
	7th	15th	15th	DNF	DNF	6th	8th	9	19 *	7th	10	7th	4th	10	DNF	8th	8th	DNF	7th	7th	7th
2017
	11	12	9	8th	6th	DNF	8th	DNF	13	6th	17 *	6th	13	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	6th
2018
	7th	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	8th	7th	9	DNF	6th	5	12	DNF	13	10	12	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	DNF
2019
	7th	17 *	DNF	14th	13	13	7th	8th	13	10	DNF	12	8th	5	9	10	DSQ	10	9	15th	12
2020
				DNS	7th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Porsche team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Nick Tandy	Earl Bamber	Overall victory

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
2015	Porsche	Porsche 919 Hybrid	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
				6th	1

Honors

• ADAC Junior Motor Sportsman of the Year 2008
• ADAC Motorsportman of the Year 2015

Web links

Commons : Nico Hülkenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Nico Hulkenberg
• Career statistics from Nico Hülkenberg (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trellis and wigs: Hülkenberg's farewell without a happy ending. Retrieved December 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ "Porsche signs Nico Hülkenberg for Le Mans" ( newsroom.porsche.com/de on November 27, 2014)
3. ^ "Hülkenberg GP2 champion, Razia surprise winner" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 13, 2009)
4. ↑ "Official: Hülkenberg drives for Williams 2010" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 2, 2009)
5. ↑ "Out for Hülkenberg at Williams" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 15, 2010)
6. ↑ "Official: Force India brings di Resta and Hülkenberg into the team" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 26, 2011)
7. ↑ "Official comeback: Force India confirms Hülkenberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2011)
8. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Officially: Hülkenberg changes to Sauber". Motorsport-Total.com, October 31, 2012, accessed October 31, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Sven Haidinger: "Officially: Hülkenberg returns to Force India". Motorsport-Total.com, December 3, 2013, accessed December 3, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - All start numbers fixed: Vettel takes the 1". Number 13: Maldonado of all people. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 12, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "Formula 1 - Hülkenberg starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans". Affair with Porsche. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 27, 2014, accessed November 27, 2014 . 
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13. ↑ Martin Lüttgens, Dominik Sharaf, Roman Wittemeier: Contract extended: Nico Hülkenberg until 2017 at Force India. Motorsport-Total.com, September 1, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Officially: Nico Hülkenberg changes to the Renault team in 2017. Motorsport-Total.com, October 14, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Esteban Ocon will be the new driver of the Renault F1 Team from 2020. Renault Deutschland AG, August 29, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 . 
16. ^ Decisions - Protest of cars # 3 and # 27 at the Japanese Grand Prix. October 23, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Oleg Karpov: Comeback fixed: Is this the great opportunity for Nico Hülkenberg? Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 . 
18. ↑ Nico Hulkenberg to stand in for Sergio Perez at Racing Point at 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. formula1.com, August 7, 2020, accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Norman Fischer: Sergio Perez drives in Barcelona: No third race for Hülkenberg. Motorsport-Total.com, August 13, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Florian König & t-online.de: Podcast Nico Hülkenberg about the time after his career (33:07 min.). Retrieved April 7, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Nico Hulkenberg. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed October 6, 2018 .