HUL

Nico Hülkenberg

2010–present
262
Starts
0
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Titles
628
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 13 12 0 0 0 6 P15

Race engineer

Steven Petrik Audi · since 2026

Teammates, head to head

most races first · default: both classified
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Sergio Pérez '14–'20 35–25 23–23 230 250
Kevin Magnussen '23–'24 30–13 26–12 42 17
Gabriel Bortoleto '25–'26 17–19 12–11 57 29
Paul di Resta '12 12–7 10–7 63 46
Esteban Gutiérrez '13 18–1 12–3 51 6
Daniel Ricciardo '19 7–13 5–10 37 54
Rubens Barrichello '10 6–13 5–9 22 47
Carlos Sainz Jr. '17–'18 16–9 9–4 78 59
Jolyon Palmer '17 15–0 5–3 34 8
Lance Stroll '20–'22 2–2 1–2 6 10
Oliver Bearman '24 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
15.6% DNF rate 41 in 262 starts
45.4% points-finish rate 119 in 262 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).