He drove in Formula One in 2010 and from 2012 to 2020. He fell to fourth place in the Drivers' Championship after Fernando Alonso finished in third place. He qualified 'best of the rest' in Abu Dhabi with 7th place. An engine mapping issue restricted him to 17th in qualifying. He qualified fifth and was set to finish on the podium, when he got stuck in traffic following his pit stop and his teammate jumped him for the final podium place. [86], It was confirmed in November 2014 that Hülkenberg would compete in the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in a third factory-backed Porsche 919 Hybrid. Weber predicted that Hülkenberg would be ready for Formula One by 2008. Fest steht: Hülkenberg ist mittlerweile einer der gefragtesten Piloten in der Formel 1. [60] Hülkenberg then crashed out of his home race in precarious wet conditions. [33][34], Hülkenberg scored 72 points in the season, finishing ninth in the Drivers' Championship and helping Force India finish the Constructors' Championship in fourth. The result left him with an unassailable 22-point lead heading to the final round, and in the process becoming the first driver to clinch the championship without the need for a final round decider. Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results, Drivers that are contracted as reserve/test/development drivers for teams of the, 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season, "Nico Hulkenberg does it - clinches new historic F1 record! [39] In the race, he was running comfortably in the points for the majority of the race, when a failure in the DRS mechanism of his car, meant he had to retire from the race. 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - Join Live Session Join Live Session. 11:30. This was followed by five consecutive points finishes, including fourth at the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, his best result of the season, when he was initially running second after the first lap but was eventually passed by the faster cars of Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton. Having announced his decision to move to Renault for the 2017 season before the 2016 United States Grand Prix, Hülkenberg put on some rejuvenated performances. Teste und vergleiche Dich im Formel-1-Quiz mit anderen Fans! It is not every football game is exciting and fascinating to watch. On lap 55 he collided with Hamilton when the rear of Hülkenberg's car slid out while trying to pass him at Turn 1. [3] A fifth win followed at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, allowing Hülkenberg to break the 100-point barrier, and eventually won the title by 25 points from Vitaly Petrov. Then he was taken out by the spinning Romain Grosjean on the first lap of the race. [70] However, following a protest by rival constructor Racing Point, both Renault cars were disqualified for having a pre-set automated brake bias system that was deemed to be a driver aid, and thus illegal. Skiftet viste sig i første omgang at give bagslag, da teamet døjede med problemer med bilen. [40][41][33] He was replaced by Esteban Ocon for the 2020 Formula One season. Consistent point scoring runs throughout the season meant that Hülkenberg 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. Ein festes Cockpit in der Formel 1 blieb dem Emmericher verwehrt. He 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. He 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. 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - Join Live Session Join Live Session. Full breakdown of drivers, points and current positions. Hülkenberg finished the year 17 points ahead of his teammate Paul di Resta and he out-qualified him 12 times, to di Resta's eight. På trods af, at han kun nåede at deltage i fire løb, endte han alligevel med en samlet sjetteplads i mesterskabet. Hülkenberg qualified ninth for the Australian Grand Prix, six places ahead of di Resta, but his race ended on the first lap after picking up damage in a first-corner incident before retiring further round the course. [1][2], Hülkenberg raced in Formula One in 2010 with the Williams team. At the second round in Australia, he was involved in a first-lap incident with Kamui Kobayashi, after the Japanese driver's front wing failed and sent him into the barrier, rebounding into the path of Hülkenberg. Hülkenberg suffered a tough period of results, coinciding with Renault's loss of competitiveness, by only scoring 1 point in the next 4 races. In 2015, he also contested two rounds of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Porsche, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans on his first attempt. In Russia he spun at turn two at the start and collected Marcus Ericsson, potentially costing him a podium finish, and in the United States he slid into Daniel Ricciardo and broke his front right suspension. Nico Hülkenberg ist zwar nicht mehr als Stammfahrer in der Formel 1 aktiv, doch ganz verloren hat er den Anschluss an die Königsklasse nicht. Han har tidligere kørt for Force India. He had outqualified his teammates over the course of the season 19-1 and outscored his teammates 43-14 over the course of the season. Hülkenberg recovered to 13th, but Leclerc eventually retired from the race. [57] In Spain, Hülkenberg crashed in qualifying and damaged his front wing. This win was Porsche's first overall victory in the event since the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans. For the 2019 season, Nico Hülkenberg was joined at Renault by multiple Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo, who was signed from Red Bull. Sorry. In Belgium, Hülkenberg triggered a massive first corner collision after starting 18th due to engine penalties. With Sainz finishing in 7th, this was the best team result for Renault in a race since they rejoined the sport in 2016, beating the 7th and 8th place the two drivers had achieved in Canada earlier in the year. Check out this season's official F1 line-up. Nico Hülkenberg wird in der Formel-1-Saison 2021 als Ersatzfahrer Teamkollege von Sebastian Vettel. [79] Hülkenberg would get another chance to race for the team at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix also at Silverstone Circuit after Pérez tested positive for COVID-19 again. Wenn die Formel 1 ab 26. Den 3. december blev det bekræftet, at Nico Hülkenberg ville vende tilbage til Force India. He won the sprint race as well, becoming the first driver to do the weekend double since Giorgio Pantano at Monza in the 2006 season. [6] Hülkenberg returned to Force India for the 2014 season. In the last race of the season, the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, Hülkenberg qualified 7th but was promoted to 6th after Pastor Maldonado received a 10 place grid penalty. On 6 November Hülkenberg gained his first Formula One pole position, by 1.049 seconds over Sebastian Vettel at the Brazilian Grand Prix in a rain-affected qualifying session. He 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 also went off. He also picked up points finishes in Italy, Singapore, and Korea. Hülkenbergs F1-karriere startede lovende, da han kvalificerede sig femte bedst og kørte sig til sit første point med en 10. plads i Malaysias Grand Prix. He then failed to finish five of the next seven races. Ved siden af sin nye rolle som testkører for Williams rykkede han over vinteren til GP2 Asia-serien, hvor han lagde ud med at tage pole position i sit første løb i serien. Dieter Hülkenberg owns a shipping company, Hülkenberg Spedition e. K, based in Emmerich am Rhein. However, his race was compromised by a bad start which left him outside the top 10. In the first round, Hülkenberg finished the Australian Grand Prix in seventh place – his first finish in Melbourne – but was promoted to sixth after the disqualification of second-placed Daniel Ricciardo. Despite claiming the first pole position for Williams in more than five years, he was not retained for 2011 and joined Force India as a test and reserve driver. [citation needed]. He again qualified sixteenth, for the Chinese Grand Prix. Both retirees criticised the run-off of the corner, which is a different tarmac used for dragster racing, which meant there was no grip in the wet conditions to help prevent the accident. I december 2007 kørte Hülkenberg test for Williams, hvor han overgik den officielle kører Kazuki Nakajima og satte en tid, der kun var 0.4 sekunder langsommere en Rosbergs. 08.04.2021, 13:23 Uhr von Florian Niedermair [56] These issues were compounded, when Hülkenberg again retired from a points-scoring position with engine issues at the next race in China, this time with a software issue. [64] Four-time World Champion Alain Prost, non-executive director for Renault Sport, said that Renault offered Hülkenberg a new one-year contract, but the German refused the offer. Mercedes und Ferrari kämpfen um die Spitze, aber Max Verstappen rechnet sich noch Chancen aufs Podium aus. [46] Hülkenberg criticised Grosjean's driving following the crash, for which the Frenchman received a grid penalty for the next race. [72] He followed this up with yet another points finish in the USA with 9th place. 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Such was his performance that he ended up over thirteen seconds clear of second-placed driver Sergio Pérez. He 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. Nicolas Hülkenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈniːko ˈhʏlkənbɛɐ̯k], born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver who currently serves as a reserve driver for the Aston Martin F1 Team. Nico Hülkenberg hat auch für die Saison 2021 kein festes Cockpit in der Formel 1 bekommen. Schon 2008 machte der erst 24-jährige Niko Hülkenberg seine ersten Formel 1-Erfahrungen als Testfahrer. On 16 December 2011, Force India announced di Resta and Hülkenberg would be their drivers for the 2012 season. This was followed by another strong race in Mexico with another 6th place. Just before the Belgian GP it was announced by Renault that Hülkenberg would be replaced by Mercedes reserve driver and former Force India driver Esteban Ocon for the 2020 season. [65], Hülkenberg would continue with Renault for the rest of the season, and started the second half of the season strongly by qualifying 7th in Belgium. As of December 2020[update], Hülkenberg holds the record for the most Formula One career starts without a podium finish, a record he broke when he failed to finish in his 129th race (the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix) and in so doing passed Adrian Sutil's previous record of 128, Hülkenberg's record stands at 179 Grands Prix. He still led until he was passed by Hamilton, after sliding at the entry of Turn 8 on lap 49. Something's gone wrong. It was his 3rd retirement in 6 races and his 7th retirement in his last 16 races. Nico Hülkenberg nimmt seine Nichtberücksichtigung bei der Vergabe der Formel-1-Cockpits für die kommende Saison mit Humor. [50] Hülkenberg 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. Hülkenberg 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. He then went on to finish seventh behind teammate Lance Stroll. [81] Hülkenberg did not race at the Spanish Grand Prix as Sergio Pérez returned to racing after testing negative for COVID-19. I 2011 fik Hülkenberg, efter afskeden med Williams, en sæde som test- og tredjekører for Force India. He had been running 2nd in the race, when he was jumped by Kimi Räikkönen during the pit stops, before the faster Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel passed them both. Hülkenberg 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. På trods af imponerende reservepræstationer hos Racing Point sidste år kun Nico Hülkenberg ikke få et fast Formel 1-sæde til denne sæson. This ended Hamilton's last race for McLaren. [54] However, he had a fantastic race, moving up 11 places and being on course to finish 6th, surviving contact with Ricciardo on the way, when the Australian slid into him as Hülkenberg overtook him. Red flag. [8] He returned to Formula One in 2020, driving for Racing Point in three races. At the Japanese Grand Prix, it was announced that Carlos Sainz Jr. would replace Palmer for the rest of the season beginning at the next Grand Prix in Austin. He 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. At the third round in Malaysia, Hülkenberg made it to Q3 for the first time, qualifying in fifth place; out-qualifying teammate Barrichello for the first time. Hülkenberg 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 Nürburgring. He was tenth again at Silverstone, and at the Hungarian Grand Prix he finished sixth, a career best. Er ist ein Top-Fahrer, der irgendwie diese letzte Chance nicht bekommen hat, bei einem Spitzenteam zu fahren, obwohl er in den besten Autos der Formel 1 meiner Meinung nach sicher überzeugen könnte. His manager, Willi Weber, had organised the test after failing to conclude a deal with Renault boss Flavio Briatore. He would finish the next two races in 15th position with the Force India being uncompetitive. His second race weekend in Qatar, saw him become the first night race pole-sitter, and promptly turned that into becoming the first race-winner under lights after a dominant performance. [25] After losing the lead on the opening lap, he eventually finished the race in eighth place, having been passed by drivers in more competitive cars. Renault's points total of 39 points was 43 points behind the position they were in the previous year, after they suffered a disappointing first half of the season. He was promoted to a race seat with the team for the 2012 season, joining Paul di Resta. [69] Further misfortune hit Hülkenberg in Japan. After the race, Hülkenberg said that "everything that could go wrong did go wrong". After being given a drive-through penalty as a result of the incident, Hülkenberg finished fifth - letting his first race win and podium finish slip through his fingers. The collision also ultimately ended the races of both Kimi Räikkönen and Daniel Ricciardo. Allerede to løb senere, i Korea, lagde Hülkenberg tocifret point til, efter han kørte sig fra en syvende plads til en fjerde. However, he had a poor start, and was overtaken by quicker cars as the race went on, until his brakes failed and he had to retire. [15], Hülkenberg made his German Formula BMW debut in 2005, dominating the championship and winning the title comfortably. He also contested the Spa-Francorchamps round of the World Endurance Championship as preparation. However, he would not score again, in an uncompetitive Force India, until Canada. Hülkenberg competed in the first practice sessions of all the races apart from Monaco, Hungary, Korea, India and Abu Dhabi. Die Spatzen pfiffen es schon von den Dächern des Fahrerlagers, jetzt hat es Nico Hülkenberg offiziell bestätigt: Der "Hulk" ist in dieser Saison als Ersatzfahrer in der Formel 1 dabei. [citation needed]. His point scoring streak ended in Monaco when he retired, when running in the points, with gearbox issues. Hülkenberg then finished in 6th place in Spain, Renault's best result in the sport since returning in 2016. Meanwhile, Renault managing director, Cyril Abiteboul, believed that the driver pairing was "one of the strongest - if not the strongest - driver line-up on the grid".[52]. He was the 2009 champion of the GP2 Series, and is a previous champion of both the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany. This meant the end of his streak of starting the last 6 races 7th on the grid. He 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. [55] Abiteboul stated that Renault's engine problems were "unacceptable". [71] This was Hülkenberg's first disqualification in his entire F1 career. RACE DEBRIEF. Hülkenberg fik sin Formel 1-debut for Williams Grand Prix Engineering i 2010, hvor han kørte en enkelt sæson. [78] For the British Grand Prix he qualified thirteenth but did not start the race due to an engine failure before the start of the race. In the USA, Hülkenberg retired on lap 4 with an engine issue. [41] In Mexico, he once again retired, again from a net 4th place, with an engine issue. This was Renault's best points haul since returning to the sport in 2016, and Hülkenberg's joint best result for the team. However, he executed an alternate two-stop strategy and made up 3 places in the last lap to finish 8th. [47] In Monaco, Hülkenberg was outqualified by a teammate by merit for the first time since the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix. Having recovered to 9th place, the Renault pit crew dropped his car off the jack, which again dropped him out of the top 10. Nevertheless, he finished the season as the "champion of the rest" in 7th place with 69 points, 7 points ahead of Sergio Pérez, as Renault also secured 4th place in the Constructor's Championship. A grid penalty meant he started 12th, and he fell even further back when he took evasive action to avoid collisions involving Verstappen, Räikkönen, Ricciardo and Stroll. Hülkenberg completed a final lap after pole position was already secured, increasing his gap to the rest of the field. He qualified 9th and would start 14th. He 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. A new Renault upgrade brought massive improvement at the 2017 British Grand Prix as Hülkenberg qualified and finished 6th. Nicolas "Nico" Hülkenberg (født 19. august 1987) er en tysk racerkører. [48] He followed this up with another point-scoring finish in Canada after qualifying and finishing the race in 7th. His best finish was at the Korean Grand Prix where he finished 4th after close battle with Hamilton and Alonso, in which he showed impressive defending skills and made no mistakes, in a battle where he overtook Hamilton more than once. [88] Hülkenberg'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. He outqualified his teammate again in Brazil and was running fourth, but he picked up a puncture from debris on the track, following Kimi Räikkönen's crash, costing him a podium finish, and fell outside the points before recovering to seventh, fending off Daniel Ricciardo towards the end of the race. Nico Hülkenberg ist von Sebastian Vettels Aston-Martin-Team zum Formel-1-Ersatzfahrer für diese Saison berufen worden. He and Button built up a 45-second lead before the safety car was deployed because of debris on the track. Motorsport, Formel 1: Nico Hülkenberg kehrt in die Formel 1 zurück: Der 33-Jährige wird in dieser Saison Ersatzfahrer in Sebastian Vettels Aston-Martin-Team. [20] He finished third in the sprint race, taking his championship points tally to 27 from just four races. The spectacular crash was likened to the crash at the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix initiated by Romain Grosjean. Efter en god sæson for Force India, skrev Hülkenberg kontrakt med Sauber. Hülkenberg qualified 'best of the rest' in 7th. [74] He 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. Denne side blev senest ændret den 6. september 2020 kl. In Singapore, Hülkenberg had initially qualified 9th but as teammate Daniel Ricciardo had been disqualified from qualifying as his car exceeded the MGU-K power limit, he started the race in 8th. He 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. Worthy of note is that Hülkenberg 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. Manage My Account Join Live Session. Following the incident, Hülkenberg who had been a vocal opposer to the halo, introduced in 2018, admitted that it was 'pretty useful'.[51]. [23] Hülkenberg's teammate for his first season would be the experienced driver Rubens Barrichello, who moved from Brawn GP which in turn was bought out by Mercedes-Benz. At the Chinese Grand Prix Hülkenberg took sixth place, taking eight points. He replaced Sergio Pérez at Racing Point for the British Grand Prix and 70th Anniversary Grand Prix after Pérez tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus. He would also retire from the next race with an oil leak. [83][84][85], Aston Martin F1 Team (previously Racing Point) signed Hülkenberg as a reserve and development driver for the 2021 season. [7] In October 2016, it was confirmed that he would switch to Renault for 2017. Für ein Stammcockpit hat's 2021 zwar nicht gereicht, doch scheint es für Nico Hülkenberg zumindest einen Platz in der zweiten Reihe der Formel 1 zu geben. At the following race in Austria, he put in another strong qualifying performance to qualify third, which became second when Nico Rosberg served his five-place grid penalty. The car also proved to be the 'best of the rest' (behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull) in Hungary as he qualified 7th, but a 5 place grid penalty for a new gearbox meant that he started 12th on the grid.