Nico Hülkenberg: Finally on the podium! A dream becomes true!

Nico Hülkenberg: Finally on the podium! A dream becomes true!

Silverstone, Großbritannien - On July 6, 2025, Nico Hülkenberg achieved a historical result at the Grand Prix of Great Britain in Silverstone. After 15 years and 239 races in Formula 1, the 37-year-old German reached his first podium. In a spectacular race, Hülkenberg started from 19th and fought his way to third place, which broke the record for the longest dry spell to the first podium. He ran Adrian Sutil, who previously completed 128 races without a top 3 position. Hülkenberg is now the 218th driver who is on the podium in the history of Formula 1.

Hülkenberg, who never drove in one of the fastest cars, never gave up during his career. He began at the age of nine with karting, and he switched to formula sports in 2005. His runs through various young series, such as the German Formula 3 Cup, the Formula 3 Euroserie and the GP2 series, finally paved the way to Formula 1. 2008, his career as a test driver at Williams, from which his promotion to the regular driver in 2010 resulted.

The long way to the first podium

After a season at Williams and a move to Force India, where Hülkenberg won a remarkable fourth place in Belgium in 2012 and was in the lead at the Grand Prix of Brazil. After a year at Sauber, he returned to Force India and later moved to Renault, where he reached the seventh overall in the World Cup in 2018. After his time at Renault, he became a substitute driver at Racing Point and Mercedes.

2023 Hülkenberg returned to Haas as a regular driver and prevailed against Kevin Magnussen in the team's internal duel. From the 2025 season, he will drive for clean, which is to be taken over by Audi in 2026. Already in 2024 he scored points in Barcelona, Montreal and Spielberg, so he showed that he was on the right track.

an impressive comeback

The Grand Prix in Silverstone was the highlight of his comeback, where he benefited from skillful tactics and the rainy conditions. The third place in Hülkenberg has brings the first podium since 2012 and is the 27th podium of team history. With his age of 37 and 321 days, he has been the oldest podium debutant since 1973 and the second oldest German driver on the podium, only behind Michael Schumacher.

In addition to Hülkenberg's impressive success, political developments in motorsport also took place. Tim Mayer, a former F1 steward, runs for the office of FIA President and competes against the current President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. These news could significantly influence the future orientation of sport.

for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (36 years, 133 days), Sebastian Vettel (33 years, 338 days) and Nick Heidfeld (33 years, 335 days) are now playing new challenges, while Hülkenberg celebrates his first F1 podium. You can find details of his historical race in the comprehensive databases of motorsport magazine, which have offered over 30,000 pictures and all racing results since 1950. The database also provides interesting statistics on driver results and manufacturer's services to pursue developments in motorsport.

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