Drivers
Nico Hulkenberg
Audi · #27 · German · 39 years old · Race engineer: Steven Petrik
Nico Hulkenberg is 14th in the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' championship on 13 points for Audi. This season: 0 wins, 0 podiums and 0 poles from 17 starts. Best finish 8th, best grid slot 9th, with 13 of 17 races classified. Trails teammate Gabriel Bortoleto by a median 0.121s in qualifying in the same car. Career: 0 wins, 1 podium and 1 pole from 238 starts since 2010. Steven Petrik is the voice on the radio as their race engineer.
2026 season
14th
Championship
13 pts
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Poles
8th
Best finish
from 9th on the grid
Qualifying vs teammate
+0.121s slower than Gabriel Bortoleto, median across the season.
Median rather than average, so one wet session or a session-ending crash doesn’t swing it. Teammates share a car, which makes this the one lap-time comparison that belongs to the driver rather than the machinery.
Round by round
| Round | Grid | Finish | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Grand Prix | 11 | NC | — | — |
| Chinese Grand Prix | 11 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Japanese Grand Prix | 13 | 11 | +2 | — |
| Miami Grand Prix | 10 | NC | — | — |
| Canadian Grand Prix | 11 | 12 | −1 | — |
| Monaco Grand Prix | 13 | 13 | 0 | — |
| Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya | 9 | NC | — | — |
| Austrian Grand Prix | 14 | 12 | +2 | — |
| British Grand Prix | 13 | NC | — | — |
| Belgian Grand Prix | 14 | 13 | +1 | — |
| Hungarian Grand Prix | 10 | 9 | +1 | 2 |
| Dutch Grand Prix | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 |
| italy | 13 | 12 | +1 | — |
| spain | 11 | 10 | +1 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 18 | 11 | +7 | — |
| Singapore Grand Prix | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6incl. 2 sprint |
| Bahrain Grand Prix | 17 | 11 | +6 | — |
| Season | — | 13/17 | +28 | 13 |
+/− is grid slot to chequered flag. Retirements and non-classifications have no finishing position, so they score no delta rather than counting as places lost. Points are the round total including the sprint, which is why the season figure matches the championship.
Career record
238
Starts
since 2010
0
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Titles
Totals through the end of 2025 plus this season's 17 rounds.
Latest Nico Hulkenberg stories
F1 star under investigation over rule breach at FIA press conference
4 sources · 70 days ago
Hulkenberg reacts to 'scary' near-miss in Dutch GP
3 sources · 46 days ago
How helmet punch "reset" Gabriel Bortoleto after near-miss in Q1
2 sources · 49 days ago
Nico Rosberg praises Nico Hulkenberg's "spectacular" Dutch GP save
1 source · 44 days ago
Bortoleto vs Hulkenberg: 2026 F1 team mates’ head-to-head scores at summer break | Formula 1
1 source · 58 days ago
Exclusive: Nico Hulkenberg offers Audi 'headwind' insight as major steps targeted
1 source · 64 days ago
Hulkenberg fires cheeky response to Sainz rumours amid Audi seat speculation
1 source · 64 days ago
Nico Hulkenberg makes cheeky offer to Carlos Sainz amid Audi F1 gossip
1 source · 63 days ago
How Nico Hulkenberg avoided a massive shunt with Audi team-mate Gabriel Bortoleto
1 source · 48 days ago
Points for Audi 'a long time coming' – Hulkenberg
1 source · 64 days ago
Nico Hulkenberg offers long-time Max Verstappen relationship insight: 'We have huge respect'
1 source · 64 days ago
F1 star Nico Hulkenberg makes decision on Audi future as three key conditions revealed
1 source · 64 days ago
Hulkenberg concerned by ‘bigger gap’ to rivals in Hungary
1 source · 64 days ago
Nico Hulkenberg wanted to 'eat the steering wheel' as perfect gamble ruined
1 source · 5 days ago
Where these numbers come from
Season figures are counted from the official race classifications for every 2026 round. Grid slots come from each weekend’s qualifying result, joined to the race to give the places-gained column. See the full grid or the championship standings.