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

Born	(1987-08-19) 19 August 1987 (age 37)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Entries	223
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	561
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	2
First entry	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last entry	2023 Mexico Grand Prix
2023 position	16th (9 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.