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 Kick Sauber. 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.

Hülkenberg earned his first pole position at the  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  European Grand Prix.

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

### Career summary

|Season|Series|Team|Races|Wins|Poles|F/Laps|Podiums|Points|Position|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Formula BMW ADAC|align=left rowspan=2|Josef Kaufmann Racing|20|8|9|6|14|287|bgcolor="FFFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Formula BMW World Final|1|0|0|1|1|N/A|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|||
|align=left|German Formula Three|align=left|Josef Kaufmann Racing|18|1|3|5|6|78|5th||
|align=left|V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne|align=left|Griffith's|2|1|2|?|1|50|17th||
|align=left|A1 Grand Prix|align=left|A1 Team Germany|20|9|3|5|14|128|bgcolor="FBFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Formula Three Euroseries|align=left rowspan=3|ASM Formule 3|20|4|2|3|8|72|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|
|align=left|Macau Grand Prix|1|0|0|0|0|N/A|23rd||||
|align=left|Masters of Formula 3|1|1|0|0|1|N/A|bgcolor="FFFFBF"|**1st**|||
|align=left|Formula Three Euroseries|align=left rowspan=2|ART Grand Prix|20|7|6|7|8|87|bgcolor="FFFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Masters of Formula 3|1|0|1|0|1|N/A|bgcolor="DFDFDF"|**2nd**|||
|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|align=left|ART Grand Prix|4|1|2|0|2|27|6th||
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|ART Grand Prix|20|5|3|5|10|100|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|WilliamsF1|19|0|1|0|0|22|14th||
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|Force India|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|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|||||||||||||||||||||
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|2006–07||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|NED SPR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|NED FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CZE SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|CZE FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BEI SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEI FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|MYS SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|MYS FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|IDN SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|IDN FEA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**NZL SPR** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_NZL FEA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***AUS SPR*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|AUS FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***RSA SPR*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|RSA FEA <small>1</small>|MEX SPR <small></small>|MEX FEA <small></small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|SHA SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|SHA FEA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|GBR SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|GBR SPR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**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|||||||||||||||||||
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|2007||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|HOC1 1 <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HOC1 2 <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BRH 1 <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BRH 2 <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|NOR 1 <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_NOR 2_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MAG 1 <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MAG 2 <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_MUG 1_ <small>21</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MUG 2 <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ZAN 1 <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|ZAN 2 <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***NÜR 1*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|NÜR 2 <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**CAT 1** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CAT 2 <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|NOG 1 <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|NOG 2 <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|HOC2 1 <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HOC2 2 <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**72**|
|2008||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|**HOC1 1** <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HOC1 2 <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**MUG 1** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MUG 2 <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|PAU 1 <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|PAU 2 <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***NOR 1*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|NOR 2 <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***ZAN 1*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_ZAN 2_ <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_NÜR 1_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|_NÜR 2_ <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**BRH 1** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BRH 2 <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**CAT 1** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CAT 2 <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_LMS 1_ <small>24</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|LMS 2 <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***HOC2 1*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|HOC2 2 <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**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|||||||||||||||||||||
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|2009||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP SPR <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|MON SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|**TUR FEA** <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR SPR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|_GBR FEA_ <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GBR SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***GER FEA*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_GER SPR_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_HUN FEA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|HUN SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|***VAL FEA*** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_VAL SPR_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|BEL FEA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BEL SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ITA SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|POR FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|POR SPR <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**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|
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|2008–09||||||||||||||||
|CHN FEA|CHN SPR|DUB FEA|DUB SPR|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|**BHR1 FEA** <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BHR1 SPR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|***QAT FEA*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|QAT SPR <small>3</small>|MYS FEA <small></small>|MYS SPR <small></small>|BHR2 FEA <small></small>|BHR2 SPR <small></small>|

### 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||||||||||||||||
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|2010|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MAL <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CHN <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CAN <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|EUR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GBR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|HUN <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|SIN <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|JPN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|KOR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|**BRA** <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ABU <small>16</small>||**14th**|**22**|
|2011|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||||||MON||||||BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|IND|ABU|BRA||bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**–**|bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**–**||||||||||||||||||
 Season in progress.

## Other websites

- Nicolas Hülkenberg official web page

## Infobox (f1 driver)

- **name**: Nico Hülkenberg
- **image**: Nico Hulkenberg 2016 Malaysia.jpg
- **image size**: 180px
- **nationality**: Germany, German
- **races**: 223
- **championships**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **podiums**: 1
- **points**: 561
- **poles**: 1
- **fastest laps**: 2
- **first race**: Bahrain Grand Prix
- **last race**: Mexico Grand Prix
- **last season**: 2023
- **last position**: 16th (9 points)