HUL

Nico Hülkenberg

2010–present
260
Starts
0
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Titles
624
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
2010 Williams 19 19 0 0 1 22 P14
2012 Force India 20 20 0 0 0 63 P11
2013 Sauber 19 18 0 0 0 51 P10
2014 Force India 19 19 0 0 0 96 P9
2015 Force India 19 18 0 0 0 58 P10
2016 Force India 21 21 0 0 0 72 P9
2017 Renault 20 20 0 0 0 43 P10
2018 Renault 21 21 0 0 0 69 P7
2019 Renault 21 21 0 0 0 37 P14
2020 Racing Point 3 2 0 0 0 10 P15
2022 Aston Martin 2 2 0 0 0 0 P22
2023 Haas 22 22 0 0 0 9 P16
2024 Haas 24 24 0 0 0 41 P11
2025 Kick Sauber 24 23 0 1 0 51 P11
2026 Audi 11 10 0 0 0 2 P18

Race engineer

Steven Petrik Audi · since 2026

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Sergio Pérez '14–'20 · 44r compared , 16 excl. → Full breakdown 35–25 22–22 230 250
Kevin Magnussen '23–'24 · 34r compared , 10 excl. → Full breakdown 30–13 23–11 42 17
Gabriel Bortoleto '25–'26 · 21r compared , 14 excl. → Full breakdown 17–17 11–10 53 29
Paul di Resta '12 · 15r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 12–7 9–6 63 46
Rubens Barrichello '10 · 14r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 6–13 5–9 22 47
Esteban Gutiérrez '13 · 14r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 18–1 12–2 51 6
Daniel Ricciardo '19 · 14r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 7–13 4–10 37 54
Carlos Sainz Jr. '17–'18 · 13r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 16–9 9–4 78 59
Jolyon Palmer '17 · 7r compared , 9 excl. → Full breakdown 15–0 5–2 34 8
Lance Stroll '20–'22 · 3r compared , 1 excl. → Full breakdown 2–2 1–2 6 10
Oliver Bearman '24 · 1r compared , 1 excl. → Full breakdown 0–2 0–1 0 1

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Road to Formula 1

Karting

German Junior Kart champion in 2002; German Kart champion in 2003.

Junior single-seaters

2005 Formula BMW ADAC champion with Josef Kaufmann (rookie); 2006 German F3 5th; 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix champion with A1 Team Germany (nine wins — the most successful driver in A1GP history); 2007 F3 Euro Series 3rd plus a Masters of F3 win; 2008 F3 Euro Series champion with ART; 2009 GP2 Series champion with ART (rookie).

Academy

Williams F1 test driver from 2007 to 2009.

Highlights

Won a title in essentially every junior series he entered; rookie GP2 champion.

F1 debut

2010 with Williams; took a shock pole position at the 2010 Brazilian GP.

2005
Formula BMW ADAC
Josef Kaufmann · Champion
2008
F3 Euro Series
ART · Champion
2009
GP2
ART · Champion
2010
Formula 1 Debut
Williams

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
15.8% DNF rate 41 in 260 starts
45.4% points-finish rate 118 in 260 starts
P3 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.

2026 Salary

estimated — not officially disclosed
Est. annual $7M
Contract through Multi-year (2026+)
Base / bonus $7M base / UNKNOWN

Source: PaddockIntel / The Race (Apr–Jun 2026).