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nico hülkenberg

nicolas `` nico '' hülkenberg -lrb- , born 19 august 1987 -rrb- is a german professional racing driver currently racing for the sahara force india formula 1 team .
in 2015 he also contested in two rounds of the 2015 world endurance championship for porsche , winning the 2015 24 hours of le mans in his first attempt .
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 .
he is one of three drivers since 2005 to win the gp2 series championship in his debut season , the others being lewis hamilton and nico rosberg .
hülkenberg raced in formula one in with the williams team .
despite winning the first pole position for williams in more than five years he was not retained for , and joined force india as a test and reserve driver .
he was promoted to a race seat with the team for the season , joining paul di resta .
in he drove for the sauber team , with mexican driver esteban gutiérrez as his team-mate .
hülkenberg returned to force india for the season .
