Jun.10 (GMM) Nico Hulkenberg may discover himself with a starring function in a future spherical of Method 1’s driver ‘foolish season’.
The 35-year-old German’s F1 profession regarded over when he misplaced his Renault seat on the finish of 2019. He served as a part-time substitute driver between 2020 and 2022, and returned full-time with Haas in 2023 and 2024.
At Haas, Hulkenberg impressed Audi, the brand new proprietor of the Sauber group, with the outfit asserting that the win-less driver has signed a “multi-year contract”.
Previous to the Audi rebranding, Sauber is presently behind the grid – however Hulkenberg impressed with a P5 end in Barcelona not too long ago.
It earned plaudits up and down pitlane, with Dr Helmut Marko even admitting that Hulkenberg had as soon as been within the operating for a Purple Bull seat.
Former F1 driver and fellow German Ralf Schumacher says Hulkenberg displayed “tremendous velocity” within the Spanish GP.
“Particularly with regard to Audi, it implies that they a minimum of have some route within the growth of the brand new automobile for 2026,” he instructed Sky Deutschland.
Schumacher even thinks Hulkenberg may nonetheless be a participant in forthcoming rounds of Method 1’s recurring and infamous driver transfer ‘foolish season’.
“It all the time relies upon a bit on what occurs subsequent. What occurs to those rookies?” the German stated. “Will all of them keep the place they’re? What’s Flavio Briatore as much as? Though I feel he’s in all probability searching for somebody youthful.”
Schumacher continued: “However the dynamics of the driving force market are typically troublesome to elucidate. And if he continues to realize outcomes like this, he’ll actually keep for some time. He’s nonetheless bought the velocity.”
