Top 62 Quotes & Sayings by Nico Hulkenberg
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German driver Nico Hulkenberg.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I'm not desperate to stay in Formula One. It needs to be sensible and it needs to be the right deal.
I've always enjoyed visiting India and we usually go to Mumbai or Delhi a few times during the season. It's a shame there is no race in India because it's a great facility and I always enjoyed racing there.
For me I think the sport is as good as it is, I really personally miss the sound a lot of the old engines, the V8s, the V10s. That is personally my biggest regret or miss, what is lacking I think with the sensation of Formula 1, a lot of people associate also with that.
I'm in the factory a lot so I see how hard the guys work, but you never really know how quickly and effectively the other teams' development programmes are going until you get to the track. It's only then that we will be able to tell.
It's important to drive consistently to evaluate changes that are made to the car. You need to be very accurate with your feedback and communicate as much information as possible.
Every driver wants to compete in races - that is what we are all driving for.
The rule of thumb in F1 is to beat your teammate.
I love being at home! We travel a lot so I really enjoy being at home, having a lazy day on the couch, watch a couple of movies, meet friends, cook dinner, go to the cinema, play tennis.
I don't have a sponsor or come from an exotic country where I can bring tonnes of money.
I can't lose any more weight. I would very much like to be 10cm shorter and 10kgs lighter. It would make my life a lot easier but it is what it is. What can I do?
In his stint with Renault, Michael Schumacher not only helped make Germany an F1 nation, he also sparked my enthusiasm and fire for racing.
Well you always have your favourites, and least favourites, I'm generally a cardio person, I love running that's what I enjoy the most from everything that I do, and swimming is the least favourite and the toughest for me because I'm not so good at it!
Of course it's a nice challenge to compete against a grand prix winner.
To be honest, all my career I've been at one number, I have my fighting weight, my happy place and that's 78kgs.
You always have some weaknesses, if you're entirely happy it means you're under-driving it.
If you receive so much fan mail, it does touch you personally.
If you make your own luck then I don't seem to be very good at it.
Weight is crucial and it is very beneficial - if you have spare weight in Formula One that is powerful performance.
It is obviously always nice to start in a strong way, but it's also very important to keep that strength during the year - the season is quite long, from March to November.
I think you need to be able to adjust to the required circumstances and adjust your driving style.
Yes, the sound of the new V6 engines could have been a little bit better, but it is just one of those things that you get used to with time.
Of course I would love to battle for victories and be up the front but it's always about where can you be, what are your alternatives.
I believe that Renault can provide me with a competitive car in the future, and that's what a driver needs and what a driver is looking for.
The cars need to be louder so it goes through your skin and your stomach, like it used to be - and we need a bit more speed.
I have to do my homework, be fast and consistent. In that case I have always beaten my team-mates.
Monza is special. It's a high-speed track that pushes the car to the limit: it may look easy but the margin for error when braking for the chicanes is very small and you end up paying heavily for every mistake.
I'd like to thank the management at Force India for giving me the chance to return to Formula One as a team driver.
Fans are an essential part of sport in general.
I think very clearly the philosophy is to build a competitive and very quick car!
I don't want to just stay desperately in Formula 1. That's not my style, that's not what I'm looking for. After 10 years in Formula 1 that's not what I'm after.
I feel excited about my new home in F1. I am looking forward to working here and of course I am especially looking forward to driving the car for the first time.
It's an amazing experience for me, coming from the F1 environment and to see a race like Le Mans.
If you make mistakes, you pay for them.
I'd like to have some good races and score points.
You don't get that opportunity everyday to do Le Mans with Porsche, a brand that has so much tradition and history. So I just grabbed the opportunity while it was there.
We always see that the gaps in qualifying are surprisingly close but then in the race suddenly it is like a second or something.
Renault has always been a big player in the motorsport world that brings up incredible memories.
As a part of the Renault family, I want to develop the car and write new success stories.
I find it interesting as every year people say the midfield is as tight as ever but it is always tight, it is always competitive. I've pretty much spent my entire career in the midfield so I know about it!
It has always been my dream to work for a manufacturer team.
I never had the help of money in the background - it could be the cherry on the top a little bit - whereas some others had that to offer.
It's very difficult to predict a team's competitiveness.
Sometimes, especially when you are in the traffic behind other cars, you get a lot of stuff - sand, oil - and if that mixes up that can be very bad for the vision sometimes.
If I have a problem with somebody, I go ahead and say what's on my mind.
Maybe in hindsight the move to Sauber - not to disregard that year - but maybe if I'd stayed at Force India, that could have been a change to my career.
You never know what happens a few years down the line.
I just want the best team-mate I can get.
My first pole position is an emotional and hopefully historic moment as I want to be in F1 for many, many years.
I am happy to come back to Sahara Force India.
Nowadays you need a strong aero package, a good aerodynamic car, but also mechanically you cannot afford to have poor suspension. It all goes together as a package and you have to have harmony in the car.
I want a strong team-mate and one that is challenging me.
I feel comfortable in my skin.
I'm not a big fan of the halo as a device. I have to face facts - it does bring something in terms of safety.
I'm pretty excited to be racing for Williams. They're real racers.
When I was 7-years-old I, discovered Go-Karts and started Karting, since then I thought to be an F1 driver, that was pretty much buried into my head.
Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.
The fact that people are regarding me as the team leader doesn't change much. At the Sauber F1 team both drivers get the same equipment and treatment.
I believe in hard work and good decisions and the rest it will come or it doesn't.
I think new regulations create a reset for all teams.
You've got to distribute the tyre life over the stint, I think that's the main limiting factor, more than car balance.
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