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.

 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 2011Formula OneForce 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 NEDSPR4 NEDFEA1 CZESPRRet CZEFEA4 BEISPR5 BEIFEARet MYSSPR2 MYSFEA1 IDNSPR5 IDNFEA2 NZLSPR1 NZLFEA1 AUSSPR1 AUSFEA1 RSASPR1 RSAFEA1 MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR3 SHAFEA3 GBRSPR2 GBRSPR1 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 HOC112 HOC127 BRH14 BRH26 NOR1Ret NOR21 MAG1Ret MAG214 MUG121 MUG214 ZAN16 ZAN21 NÜR11 NÜR24 CAT12 CAT28 NOG13 NOG23 HOC211 HOC227 3rd 72 2008 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/009 Mercedes HOC11Ret HOC12Ret MUG11 MUG25 PAU1Ret PAU216 NOR11 NOR2Ret ZAN11 ZAN213 NÜR11 NÜR24 BRH11 BRH25 CAT11 CAT2Ret LMS124 LMS28 HOC211 HOC223 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 ESPFEA9 ESPSPR14 MONFEA5 MONSPR3 TURFEA5 TURSPR4 GBRFEA3 GBRSPR5 GERFEA1 GERSPR1 HUNFEA1 HUNSPR7 VALFEA2 VALSPR1 BELFEA2 BELSPRRet ITAFEA6 ITASPR3 PORFEA1 PORSPR16 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 CHNFEA CHNSPR DUBFEA DUBSPR BHR1FEA4 BHR1SPR4 QATFEA1 QATSPR3 MYSFEA MYSSPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 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 BHR14 AUSRet MAL10 CHN15 ESP16 MONRet TUR17 CAN13 EURRet GBR10 GER13 HUN6 BEL14 ITA7 SIN10 JPNRet KOR10 BRA8 ABU16 14th  22    2011 Force India F1 Team Force India VJM04 Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 L V8      MON     BELITASINJPNKORINDABUBRA –   –  
 Season in progress.

 References 

 Other websites 

Nicolas Hülkenberg official web page

Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Formula One current
Category:German Formula One drivers
Category:GP2 Series drivers
Category:Sportspeople from North Rhine-Westphalia