116 Facts About Nico Hulkenberg

Nicolas Hulkenberg is a German professional racing driver who currently serves as the reserve driver in Formula One for the Aston Martin F1 Team.

Nico Hulkenberg was the 2009 GP2 Series champion, and is a previous champion of both the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany.

Nico Hulkenberg raced in Formula One in 2010 with the Williams team.

Nico Hulkenberg was promoted to a race seat with the team for the 2012 season, joining Paul di Resta.

Nico Hulkenberg was replaced by Esteban Ocon for the 2020 Formula One season.

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Nico Hulkenberg returned to Formula One in 2020, driving for Racing Point in three races.

Nico Hulkenberg then returned again to replace Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin at the first two races of the 2022 season, following Vettel's positive COVID test.

Nico Hulkenberg was born in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany to Klaus Dieter and Susanne Hulkenberg.

Dieter Hulkenberg owns a shipping company, Hulkenberg Spedition e K, based in Emmerich am Rhein.

Nico Hulkenberg trained as a freight forwarding agent at his father's company.

Nico Hulkenberg was previously managed by Willi Weber, the long-time manager of Michael Schumacher.

Nico Hulkenberg praised Hulkenberg as an "unbelievable talent" and said he reminded him of Schumacher as a young driver.

Nico Hulkenberg stated that he nicknamed him "The Hulk", after the fictional superhero, in reference to Hulkenberg changing his personality whilst at the wheel.

Nico Hulkenberg made his German Formula BMW debut in 2005, dominating the championship and winning the title comfortably.

Nico Hulkenberg finished first in the Formula BMW world final but was stripped of the win after it was claimed he had brake-tested his rivals during a safety car period.

Nico Hulkenberg finished fifth in the German Formula Three Championship in 2006.

Nico Hulkenberg finished his rookie season 3rd in the championship, with four wins and 72 points.

Nico Hulkenberg won the non-championship Masters of Formula 3 race at Zolder from teammate Romain Grosjean after Grosjean stalled at the start.

Nico Hulkenberg won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship in 2008.

Nico Hulkenberg amassed 76 of his total of 85 points during the feature races on Saturdays, taking seven wins in the progress.

Nico Hulkenberg finished both races in fourth place and this left him in seventh place in the championship.

Nico Hulkenberg finished third in the sprint race, taking his championship points tally to 27 from just four races.

Nico Hulkenberg continued with ART into the 2009 GP2 Series, partnering Pastor Maldonado, and took his first win in dominant fashion, during his home round of the series at the Nurburgring.

Nico Hulkenberg won the sprint race as well, becoming the first driver to do the weekend double since Giorgio Pantano at Monza in the 2006 season.

Nico Hulkenberg clinched the title with two races to spare, after a third-place finish in the Monza sprint race, shadowing Brazilians Luiz Razia and Lucas di Grassi home.

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Worthy of note is that Nico Hulkenberg ended the season 64 points clear of his teammate Pastor Maldonado, who would later go on to get his Williams race seat for the 2011 Formula One season.

Nico Hulkenberg first drove a Formula One car in a test for Williams in 2007.

Nico Hulkenberg would act as the team's reserve driver, in the event of the regular drivers being unable to compete.

Nico Hulkenberg made his debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix, recovering from an early spin to finish in fourteenth position.

At the third round in Malaysia, Nico Hulkenberg made it to Q3 for the first time, qualifying in fifth place; out-qualifying teammate Barrichello for the first time.

Nico Hulkenberg was tenth again at Silverstone, and at the Hungarian Grand Prix he finished sixth, a career best.

Nico Hulkenberg picked up points finishes in Italy, Singapore, and Korea.

Nico Hulkenberg completed a final lap after pole position was already secured, increasing his gap to the rest of the field.

On 26 January 2011, Nico Hulkenberg was confirmed as Force India's reserve driver for the 2011 season, where he would drive for the team in the Friday practice sessions.

Nico Hulkenberg replaced Paul di Resta, who was promoted to a race position in the team.

Nico Hulkenberg competed in the first practice sessions of all the races apart from Monaco, Hungary, Korea, India and Abu Dhabi.

Nico Hulkenberg picked up his first points for Force India the following weekend, at the Malaysian Grand Prix; he finished in ninth place, having started the race in sixteenth.

Nico Hulkenberg achieved his best Formula One finish with a fourth place at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Nico Hulkenberg had been running 2nd in the race, when he was jumped by Kimi Raikkonen during the pit stops, before the faster Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel passed them both.

Nico Hulkenberg did not score any points in Italy or Singapore, but collected points at all of the next five Grands Prix, except on the Yas Marina Circuit where he was involved in a collision on the first lap, and subsequently retired.

Nico Hulkenberg moved into second position when McLaren's Lewis Hamilton pitted on lap 11.

Nico Hulkenberg then passed Jenson Button at the start of lap 19 to take the lead.

Nico Hulkenberg still led until he was passed by Hamilton, after sliding at the entry of Turn 8 on lap 49.

Nico Hulkenberg finished the year 17 points ahead of his teammate Paul di Resta and he out-qualified him 12 times, to di Resta's eight.

Nico Hulkenberg failed to start the Australian Grand Prix due to a leak in the fuel system of his Sauber C32; he had qualified eleventh for the race, but was withdrawn for safety reasons.

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Nico Hulkenberg put in his best qualifying performance of the season to date at the Italian Grand Prix to put himself 3rd on the grid.

Nico Hulkenberg later finished fifth at the Malaysian Grand Prix, spending a large amount of time in fourth place, holding off Ferrari's Fernando Alonso before being overtaken.

Nico Hulkenberg fell to fourth place in the Drivers' Championship after Fernando Alonso finished in third place.

Consistent point scoring runs throughout the season meant that Nico Hulkenberg finished the season in 9th place in the Drivers' Championship with 96 points, a career best, compared to his teammate's 59 points and helped Force India achieve sixth place in the Constructors' Championship, following the improvements of Williams and McLaren throughout the season.

Nico Hulkenberg then failed to finish five of the next seven races.

Nico Hulkenberg finished the season 10th with 58 points, 20 points behind his teammate, and helped Force India to secure fifth place in the Constructors' Championship and his best result of the season was sixth, which he achieved three times.

Nico Hulkenberg again raced for Force India in 2016 alongside Sergio Perez.

Nico Hulkenberg eventually finished sixth, passing the eventual World Champion Nico Rosberg, who had struggled throughout the race, just before the finish line on the last lap.

Nico Hulkenberg spun in qualifying during the 2016 European Grand Prix held at Baku, when the Force India was very competitive.

Nico Hulkenberg capped off his season in Abu Dhabi by outqualifying Perez again to seventh place and finishing in the same position, having survived a collision with Max Verstappen on the first lap.

Nico Hulkenberg scored 72 points in the season, finishing ninth in the Drivers' Championship and helping Force India finish the Constructors' Championship in fourth.

On 14 October 2016, Renault Sport announced that Nico Hulkenberg had signed a multiyear agreement to race with the Renault Sport Formula One team.

Nico Hulkenberg got his first points for the team at the third race of the season in Bahrain with 9th place, followed by 8th in Russia.

Nico Hulkenberg then finished in 6th place in Spain, Renault's best result in the sport since returning in 2016.

Nico Hulkenberg's point scoring streak ended in Monaco when he retired, when running in the points, with gearbox issues.

Nico Hulkenberg finished 8th in Canada, which was followed by a retirement in Azerbaijan, when he clumsily clipped the wall while running in a promising 6th place.

Nico Hulkenberg was set to score points in the race, before a slow pit stop dropped him down the field and he eventually retired from the race.

Nico Hulkenberg rudely confronted Magnussen while he was interviewed by Danish TV in the media pen, labelling him 'nasty' and the 'most unsporting driver of the whole grid' and Magnussen calmly responded with 'suck my balls, honey'.

Nico Hulkenberg entered the summer break with 26 points and in 10th place in the championship.

Nico Hulkenberg returned from the summer break in Belgium in good form as he qualified 7th and finished 6th in the race.

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Nico Hulkenberg looked set to take his long-awaited first podium finish in Formula 1, until Daniil Kvyat crashed and brought out the Safety Car and a blunder in strategy by Renault left him in 5th place.

Nico Hulkenberg eventually got up to 4th place, before an oil leak brought about his retirement from the race, in which he succeeded Adrian Sutil to become the record holder for the most starts in Formula 1 without a podium finish.

Nico Hulkenberg finished the race in 6th place, having received a contentious 5-second penalty for passing Sergio Perez off the track at the start of the race, when many believed he should have given the position back.

Nico Hulkenberg ended up building enough of a gap to Perez that the time penalty did not affect his position.

At the fourth race of the season in Baku, Nico Hulkenberg was handed a 5 place grid penalty for changing his damaged gearbox.

Nico Hulkenberg had made his way up to 5th place by lap 10, when he lost the rear of his car on lap 10, and clattered the wall with his left rear tyre and retired with suspension damage, ending his 5 race point-scoring streak.

Nico Hulkenberg went out in Q1 for the first time in 59 races due to a fuel pressure problem with his car.

Nico Hulkenberg criticised Grosjean's driving following the crash, for which the Frenchman received a grid penalty for the next race.

In Monaco, Nico Hulkenberg was outqualified by a teammate by merit for the first time since the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.

Nico Hulkenberg followed this up with another point-scoring finish in Canada after qualifying and finishing the race in 7th.

Nico Hulkenberg finished 9th in France, followed by a retirement from 9th in Austria with an engine failure.

Nico Hulkenberg achieved his best ever result for Renault at his home grand prix in Germany with 5th place, overtaking Kevin Magnussen late on when the rain started to fall.

In Belgium, Nico Hulkenberg triggered a massive first corner collision after starting 18th due to engine penalties.

Nico Hulkenberg outbraked himself and hit Fernando Alonso, who was launched above the Sauber of Charles Leclerc, with one of Alonso's tyres hitting the new controversially introduced safety device, the halo.

Nico Hulkenberg was deemed to have 'completely misjudged the situation' by the race stewards and handed a 10 place grid penalty for the next race.

Nico Hulkenberg suffered a tough period of results, coinciding with Renault's loss of competitiveness, by only scoring 1 point in the next 4 races.

Nico Hulkenberg bounced back with a 6th-place finish at the United States Grand Prix.

Nico Hulkenberg's season ended with two successive retirements due to high engine temperatures in Brazil and after being rolled over into the barriers by Romain Grosjean in Abu Dhabi.

Nico Hulkenberg started the season strongly, outqualifying new teammate Ricciardo at his home race, but an engine issue prevented him from reaching Q3, leaving him 11th.

Nico Hulkenberg made a very strong start and finished the race in 7th.

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Nico Hulkenberg had to fit a different specification front wing, which broke parc ferme rules, ensuring he would have to start the race in the pit lane.

Nico Hulkenberg recovered to 13th, but Leclerc eventually retired from the race.

Nico Hulkenberg then finished the next two races in 7th and 8th place in Canada and France respectively.

Nico Hulkenberg then crashed out of his home race in precarious wet conditions.

Nico Hulkenberg was in 4th place, having run as high as 2nd at one point, when he crashed out at Turn 16, where fellow drivers Charles Leclerc, race leader Lewis Hamilton and former teammate Carlos Sainz went off.

At the following race in Hungary, Nico Hulkenberg was in the running for points, but then he suffered yet another engine problem on his Renault, which meant he was only able to finish in 12th place.

Just before the Belgian GP it was announced by Renault that Nico Hulkenberg would be replaced by Mercedes reserve driver and former Force India driver Esteban Ocon for the 2020 season.

Nico Hulkenberg said the decision was "not only about performance", alluding that the French Renault team desired a French driver, such as Ocon.

Nico Hulkenberg would continue with Renault for the rest of the season, and started the second half of the season strongly by qualifying 7th in Belgium.

Nico Hulkenberg eventually recovered to finish in 10th, overtaking Lance Stroll towards the end of the race.

Nico Hulkenberg was restricted to only 15th in qualifying, after a mechanical failure in Q2 meant he could not set a representative time to progress further.

Nico Hulkenberg then managed to salvage a point at the following race with 10th after he was spun into the wall by Daniil Kvyat at the last corner of the last lap, when running in 9th.

Nico Hulkenberg crossed the line in 11th, without a rear wing, but was promoted to 10th after Kvyat was penalised for the incident.

Nico Hulkenberg followed this up with yet another points finish in the USA with 9th place.

Nico Hulkenberg suffered a difficult race in Brazil, where two safety car periods interfered in his strategy and left him 12th on the line.

Nico Hulkenberg was penalised for overtaking Kevin Magnussen before the safety car line during the safety car restart, and thus was classified 15th, his worst result of the year.

Nico Hulkenberg was voted Driver of the Day in the season finale in Abu Dhabi, taking the title for the first time, after finishing 12th in what was his possible final race in Formula One, having failed to secure a drive for the 2020 season.

Nico Hulkenberg finished the season in 14th place, his lowest placing in the standings in the sport since his debut season in 2010, having scored 37 points across the season, 17 less than teammate Daniel Ricciardo.

Nico Hulkenberg replaced Sergio Perez at Racing Point for the British Grand Prix and 70th Anniversary Grand Prix after Perez tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus.

Nico Hulkenberg would get another chance to race for the team at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit after Perez tested positive for COVID-19 again.

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Nico Hulkenberg then went on to finish seventh behind teammate Lance Stroll.

Nico Hulkenberg did not race at the Spanish Grand Prix as Sergio Perez returned to racing after testing negative for COVID-19.

Nico Hulkenberg would replace the team's other driver, Lance Stroll, for the Eifel Grand Prix after the Canadian had sat out final practice due to feeling unwell.

Nico Hulkenberg finished the race in 8th after qualifying 20th, and last, on the grid, winning him the fans' vote of "Driver of the Day".

Nico Hulkenberg returned to Aston Martin in the following race, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix starting in 17th and finishing in 12th place.

Nico Hulkenberg got back into the Aston Martin in the post-Hungarian GP Pirelli tests, alongside Lance Stroll to develop the 2023 tyres.

Nico Hulkenberg contested the Spa-Francorchamps round of the World Endurance Championship as preparation.

Nico Hulkenberg's triumph made him the first active Formula One driver to win at Le Mans since Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot, who performed the same feat in 1991.

On 25 October 2021, Nico Hulkenberg took part in a private IndyCar test at Barber Motorsports Park, driving the No 7 Arrow McLaren SP car, with AMSP team principal Taylor Kiel stating in a report that Nico Hulkenberg was in consideration for a third part-time entry in 2022.

Nico Hulkenberg ultimately declined an opportunity to pursue a career in IndyCar with McLaren, stating that he was unwilling to race on ovals and that he found the Dallara DW12 to be significantly harder to drive physically than the Formula One cars he was used to.

Nico Hulkenberg is married to Lithuanian fashion designer Egle Ruskyte, having been in a relationship with her since 2015.