Drivers
Nico Hulkenberg
Audi · #27 · German · 39 years old · Race engineer: Steven Petrik
Nico Hulkenberg is 15th in the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' championship on 7 points for Audi. This season: 0 wins, 0 podiums and 0 poles from 14 starts. Best finish 8th, best grid slot 9th, with 10 of 14 races classified. Trails teammate Gabriel Bortoleto by a median 0.262s in qualifying in the same car. Career: 0 wins, 1 podium and 1 pole from 235 starts since 2010. Steven Petrik is the voice on the radio as their race engineer.
2026 season
15th
Championship
7 pts
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Poles
8th
Best finish
from 9th on the grid
Qualifying vs teammate
+0.262s 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 |
| Season | — | 10/14 | +12 | 7 |
+/− 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
235
Starts
since 2010
0
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Titles
Totals through the end of 2025 plus this season's 14 rounds.
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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.