HULKENBERG RETURNS TO F1 WITH HAAS DRIVE
Nico Hulkenberg will make a full-time return to Formula 1 next season as he replaced
Mick Schumacher at Haas.
The 35-year-old will line up alongside Kevin Magnussen at the American-owned team and he was due to test the car for the first time this week at the test in
Abu Dhabi.
The German has made several substitute appearances in grand prix racing in recent seasons, driving for Racing Point in 2020 and Aston Martin earlier this season when Sebastian Vettel contracted Covid.
Hulkenberg, who won Le Mans for Porsche in 2015, was welcomed into the team by the squad’s principal Gunther
Steiner. He said: “I’m naturally very pleased to be welcoming Nico Hulkenberg back to a full-time racing role in Formula 1.
“The experience and knowledge base Nico brings to the team is clear to see – with nearly 200 career starts in F1 – and a reputation as being a great qualifier and a solid, reliable racer. These are attributes, which when you pair them together with Kevin Magnussen’s experience, gives us a very credible and wellseasoned driver line-up which we believe will help push the team onwards up the grid.”
Hulkenberg’s last full season was in 2019 with the Renault team. He has taken part in 181 GPs in the last 13 seasons.