This win was Porsche's first overall victory in the event since the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans. He then qualified fifth in Mexico, ahead of the Ferraris and finished seventh. Weber predicted that Hülkenberg would be ready for Formula One by 2008. He is one of 5 drivers since 2005 to win the Formula 2 (formerly GP2 series) championship in his debut season, the others being Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Charles Leclerc, and George Russell. This was the first time he scored points in more than two races in a row. Hülkenberg gik målrettet efter et sæde som racerkører for Force India, og efter af have deltaget i 14 ud af sæsonens 19 fredags-træninger, blev det annonceret, at skulle køre for teamet i 2012-sæsonen. Then he was taken out by the spinning Romain Grosjean on the first lap of the race. He went out in Q1 for the first time in 59 races due to a fuel pressure problem with his car. He 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. Force India lost second in the Constructors' Championship to Red Bull Racing. By lap three he had moved forward two places and on lap five he passed Fernando Alonso for third place. [81] Hülkenberg did not race at the Spanish Grand Prix as Sergio Pérez returned to racing after testing negative for COVID-19. Wenn die Formel 1 ab 26. 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. Formel-1-Kalender 2021: Alle Termine im Überblick Bei Mercedes könnte Hülkenberg dann als Ersatz fungieren, wenn die eigentlichen Reserve-Fahrer … I en alder af ti fik Hülkenberg sin gokart-debut. 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. However, he would not score again, in an uncompetitive Force India, until Canada. [9][10][11], Nico Hülkenberg was born in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany to Klaus Dieter and Susanne Hülkenberg. He was tenth again at Silverstone, and at the Hungarian Grand Prix he finished sixth, a career best. In 2002 he was German Junior Karting Champion and the following year he won the German Kart Championship. I 2011 fik Hülkenberg, efter afskeden med Williams, en sæde som test- og tredjekører for Force India. Denne side blev senest ændret den 6. september 2020 kl. On 26 January 2011, Hülkenberg was confirmed as Force India's reserve driver for the 2011 season, where he would drive for the team in the Friday practice sessions. At Singapore, it was announced that Carlos Sainz Jr. would replace Jolyon Palmer, who at that time had scored 0 points to Hülkenberg's 34 points, for the 2018 season. His manager, Willi Weber, had organised the test after failing to conclude a deal with Renault boss Flavio Briatore. This confirmed Renault's position as 6th in the Constructors' Championship and moved Hülkenberg up to 43 points for the season, the same as Massa, but courtesy of more 6th-place finishes, he ended the season 10th in the standings. Hülkenberg looked set to finish eleventh in the race until Fernando Alonso blew his engine three laps from the end, thus promoting Hülkenberg to tenth place and with the new-for-2010 points system, Hülkenberg along with Jaime Alguersuari scored their first points in Formula One. 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. Aston Martin holt ein bekanntes Gesicht zurück in die Formel 1: Nico Hülkenberg wird Ersatzfahrer und Teamkollege von Sebastian Vettel. [55] Abiteboul stated that Renault's engine problems were "unacceptable". Inactive. * Season still in progress.† Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance. After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, team boss Frank Williams confirmed that Hülkenberg would not be driving for the team in 2011.[26]. This was Renault's best points haul since returning to the sport in 2016, and Hülkenberg's joint best result for the team. Nevertheless, this allowed him to take 11th place in the Drivers' Championship from Kamui Kobayashi. De imponerende tider førte til, at Williams tilbød ham et sæde som officiel testkører til 2008-sæsonen. [48] He followed this up with another point-scoring finish in Canada after qualifying and finishing the race in 7th. [3] I 2006 blev han en del af det tyske A1 Grand Prix-team, hvor han han sikrede Tyskland mesterskabet med ni sejre i sin debutsæson. The latter two managed to survive their incidents and continue, while both Leclerc and Hülkenberg retired. He achieved his best Formula One finish with a fourth place at the Belgian Grand Prix. [59] He then finished the next two races in 7th and 8th place in Canada and France respectively. På trods af imponerende reservepræstationer hos Racing Point sidste år kun Nico Hülkenberg ikke få et fast Formel 1-sæde til denne sæson. Halvvejs igennem sæsonen viste teamet dog fremgang efter Hülkenberg satte den tredjebedste tid i kvalifikationen til løbet på Monza, hvor han sluttede på en femteplads. He fell to fourth place in the Drivers' Championship after Fernando Alonso finished in third place. Schon 2008 machte der erst 24-jährige Niko Hülkenberg seine ersten Formel 1-Erfahrungen als Testfahrer. He bounced back with a 6th place finish at the United States Grand Prix. 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. [1] Den 14. oktober 2016 blev det offentliggjort, at han forlod Force India og fra 2017-sæsonen skulle han i stedet køre for det franske F1-team, Renault Sport f1. He crossed the line in 11th, without a rear wing, but was promoted to 10th after Kvyat was penalised for the incident. Heute ist er ein ambitionierter Pilot, der mit beständigen Leistungen stets in die Punkte fährt. In Belgium, Hülkenberg triggered a massive first corner collision after starting 18th due to engine penalties. Hülkenberg 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,[29] but was withdrawn for safety reasons. [21] His test contract with Williams was extended for 2009, despite in-season tests being banned from that season. [75][76], He 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. This ended Hamilton's last race for McLaren. Full breakdown of drivers, points and current positions. [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. In Russia, he was hit by his former teammate Esteban Gutiérrez and retired from the race. The first race in Australia with Sainz finishing in 10th, marked the first double points finish for Renault in F1 since the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix. It meant he almost single-handedly won Germany the championship with 128 points, 35 more than Team New Zealand. På trods af lovende resultater, fik han kun lov at køre en enkelt sæson for Williams, der i stedet hentede Pastor Maldonado til teamet. At the Chinese Grand Prix Hülkenberg took sixth place, taking eight points. Nacken stoppt Schlussattacke. 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. Having recovered to 9th place, the Renault pit crew dropped his car off the jack, which again dropped him out of the top 10. His point scoring streak ended in Monaco when he retired, when running in the points, with gearbox issues. They completed 395 laps, one lap ahead of the car of their Porsche teammates Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard, who took second place. Nicolas "Nico" Hülkenberg (født 19. august 1987) er en tysk racerkører. [61] At the following race in Hungary, Hülkenberg 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. 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. [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. Hülkenberg qualified 'best of the rest' in 7th. 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. 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. [46] Hülkenberg criticised Grosjean's driving following the crash, for which the Frenchman received a grid penalty for the next race. Ein festes Cockpit in der Formel 1 blieb dem Emmericher verwehrt. He then went on to finish seventh behind teammate Lance Stroll. He then failed to finish five of the next seven races. 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. Hülkenberg again raced for Force India in 2016 alongside Sergio Pérez. He would finish the next two races in 15th position with the Force India being uncompetitive. [13], Hülkenberg made his karting debut in 1997, at the age of 10. Hülkenberg kørte indtil 2019 for Formel 1-teamet Renault Sport F1. Nico Hülkenberg wird in dieser Saison nach eigener Aussage als „Ersatzfahrer für Aston Martin und bei ausgewählten Rennen auch für Mercedes“ in der Formel 1 dabei sein. [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. 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. [30] At the Malaysian Grand Prix, Hülkenberg qualified in twelfth, but finished the race in eighth place. This caused him to qualify 13th and finish 9th while Pérez qualified 2nd (demoted to seventh after a grid penalty) and finished third. Then, on lap 53, 4 laps from the end, disaster struck as both Hülkenberg and Ricciardo, running 6th and 10th respectively, both retired with engine issues at the same corner. Manage My Account Join Live Session. [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. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, he led home teammate Sainz to 10th place, his first points in almost 3 months, with his previous points finish being his 6th place finish at Belgium in August.