Nico Hülkenberg

Nicolas "Nico" Hülkenberg (born 19 August 1987 in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German racing driver. He races in Formula One for Williams. He won the 2009 GP2 Series championship. He is a past champion in Formula Three Euroseries and the A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany. He is one of three drivers to win the GP2 series championship in his first season. The other two are Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

Nico Hülkenberg
2011 Spanish GP Hulkenberg cropped.jpg
Nationality German
Formula One World Championship career
Active years2010
Races19
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points356
Pole positions1
Fastest laps0
First race2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last race2016 Brazilian Grand Prix
2016 position14th (22 points)

Hülkenberg earned his first pole position at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix. His lap time was over one second faster than second place Sebastian Vettel on a drying circuit. It was the first pole for Williams in 100 races, since the 2005 European Grand Prix.[1]

After the Abu Dhabi GP, it was announced that Hülkenberg would not race for Williams in 2011.[2] For the 2011 season, he is the third driver for the Force India team.[3]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Formula BMW ADAC Josef Kaufmann Racing 20 8 9 6 14 287 1st
Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 3rd
2006 German Formula Three Josef Kaufmann Racing 18 1 3 5 6 78 5th
V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne Griffith's 2 1 2 ? 1 50 17th
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Germany 20 9 3 5 14 128 1st
2007 Formula Three Euroseries ASM Formule 3 20 4 2 3 8 72 3rd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 23rd
Masters of Formula 3 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2008 Formula Three Euroseries ART Grand Prix 20 7 6 7 8 87 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series ART Grand Prix 4 1 2 0 2 27 6th
2009 GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 20 5 3 5 10 100 1st
2010 Formula One WilliamsF1 19 0 1 0 0 22 14th
2011 Formula One Force India Test driver

* Season in progress.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 A1 Team Germany NED
SPR

4
NED
FEA

1
CZE
SPR

Ret
CZE
FEA

4
BEI
SPR

5
BEI
FEA

Ret
MYS
SPR

2
MYS
FEA

1
IDN
SPR

5
IDN
FEA

2
NZL
SPR

1
NZL
FEA

1
AUS
SPR

1
AUS
FEA

1
RSA
SPR

1
RSA
FEA

1
MEX
SPR

MEX
FEA

SHA
SPR

3
SHA
FEA

3
GBR
SPR

2
GBR
SPR

1
1st 128

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2007 ART Grand Prix Dallara F305/021 Mercedes HOC1
1

2
HOC1
2

7
BRH
1

4
BRH
2

6
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

1
MAG
1

Ret
MAG
2

14
MUG
1

21
MUG
2

14
ZAN
1

6
ZAN
2

1
NÜR
1

1
NÜR
2

4
CAT
1

2
CAT
2

8
NOG
1

3
NOG
2

3
HOC2
1

1
HOC2
2

7
3rd 72
2008 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/009 Mercedes HOC1
1

Ret
HOC1
2

Ret
MUG
1

1
MUG
2

5
PAU
1

Ret
PAU
2

16
NOR
1

1
NOR
2

Ret
ZAN
1

1
ZAN
2

13
NÜR
1

1
NÜR
2

4
BRH
1

1
BRH
2

5
CAT
1

1
CAT
2

Ret
LMS
1

24
LMS
2

8
HOC2
1

1
HOC2
2

3
1st 87

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2009 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA

9
ESP
SPR

14
MON
FEA

5
MON
SPR

3
TUR
FEA

5
TUR
SPR

4
GBR
FEA

3
GBR
SPR

5
GER
FEA

1
GER
SPR

1
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

7
VAL
FEA

2
VAL
SPR

1
BEL
FEA

2
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

6
ITA
SPR

3
POR
FEA

1
POR
SPR

16
1st 100

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2008–09 ART Grand Prix CHN
FEA
CHN
SPR
DUB
FEA
DUB
SPR
BHR1
FEA

4
BHR1
SPR

4
QAT
FEA

1
QAT
SPR

3
MYS
FEA

MYS
SPR

BHR2
FEA

BHR2
SPR

6th 27

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2010 AT&T Williams Williams FW32 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8 BHR
14
AUS
Ret
MAL
10
CHN
15
ESP
16
MON
Ret
TUR
17
CAN
13
EUR
Ret
GBR
10
GER
13
HUN
6
BEL
14
ITA
7
SIN
10
JPN
Ret
KOR
10
BRA
8
ABU
16
14th 22
2011 Force India F1 Team Force India VJM04 Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 L V8 AUS
TD
MAL
TD
CHN
TD
TUR
TD
ESP
TD
MON CAN
TD
EUR
TD
GBR
TD
GER
TD
HUN
TD
BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA

* Season in progress.

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References

  1. Benson, Andrew (2010-11-06). "Nico Hulkenberg takes Brazilian GP pole for Williams". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  2. Benson, Andrew (2010-11-15). "Williams keep Rubens Barrichello but drop Nico Hulkenberg". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  3. "Di Resta to race for Force India in 2011". f1.com. Formula One Administration Ltd. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2011-01-26.

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