News about Nico Hulkenberg

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Zhou Guanyu has issued a staunch defense of his Formula 1 career, and insists that he is not approaching the end of the road - even if he is dropped by Sauber this year. The Chinese driver, 25, is one of four on the grid yet to score a point in the 2024 season, and is currently in a desperate battle with team-mate Valtteri Bottas to secure the one remaining seat for next season. While it is understood that Bottas is the more likely candidate to partner Nico Hulkenberg in the new-look team under Mattia Binotto, Zhou has come out fighting and believes he has what it takes to continue at the top level.

Sebastian Vettel backed Mick Schumacher to make his Formula One return with Williams, amid reports Logan Sargeant could be replaced for the Italian Grand Prix. Mick, son of legendary seven-time world champion Michael, followed in his father's footsteps by competing in F1 when he drove for Haas in 2021 and 2022, finishing 19th and 16th respectively in the drivers' standings. However, he was dropped for the 2023 season in favour of veteran Nico Hulkenberg and is the current reserve driver for Mercedes.

Pierre Gasly has recently become the latest Formula 1 driver to join his fellow drivers in getting a pet dog.   He posted the sweet news on Sunday, with many fans expressing their joy at how adorable the newest edition to his family is.  The French driver has joined Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon in becoming dog fathers. But with 24 races across the world, from Las Vegas to Singapore, how do these busy motorsport stars see their pets? It's quite simple, they take their adorable canine supporters with them - whether that is on private jets, yachts or purchasing them cars. Here, FEMAIL takes a look at the famous F1 furry friends, along with the lavish lives that they lead. 

Mick Schumacher could be in line for a return to Formula 1 from the start of next season. Mick, son of legendary seven-time world champion Michael, followed in his father's footsteps by competing in F1 when he drove for Haas in 2021 and 2022, finishing 19th and 16th respectively in the drivers' standings. However, he was dropped for the 2023 season in favour of veteran Nico Hulkenberg and is the current reserve driver for Mercedes.

Sergio Perez's (inset) shocking crash on the first lap at the Monaco Grand Prix (left) cost Red Bull a seven-figure amount. The Mexican, starting in 16th, was tagged by Haas' Kevin Magnussen heading uphill after the first corner. The Dane's front left caught Perez's rear right, sending the latter into the barriers in a huge 160mph crash. Perez rebounded off the wall and into the other Haas of Nico Hulkenberg, as his Red Bull became a pinball before it finally came to rest on the circuit.

Sergio Perez (top right) has accused Kevin Magnussen (bottom right) of 'dangerous driving' after their massive collision on the opening lap of the Monaco Grand Prix.  The Mexican, starting 16th, was tagged by the Haas of Magnussen heading uphill after the first corner. The Dane's front left caught Perez's rear right, sending the latter into the barriers in a huge 160mph crash.   Perez rebounded off the wall and into the other Haas of Nico Hulkenberg, as his Red Bull became a pinball before it finally came to rest on the circuit.  

Sergio Perez walked away unscathed from a huge 160mph crash on a crazy opening lap of the Monaco Grand Prix. The Mexican, starting 16th, was tagged by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen heading uphill after the first corner, Sainte Devote. The Dane's front left caught Perez's rear right, sending the latter into the barriers. Perez then richoted into the other Haas of Nico Hulkenberg in dramatic pinball action that brought out a red flag while the debris was cleared.

British teenage star Oliver Bearman is set for an opportunity to audition for a vacant Haas seat ahead of the 2025 season. He will undergo six practice sessions in order to get prepared for his potential next team, with Nico Hulkenberg set to depart at the end of the year, and the Haas Principal Ayao Komatsu has made it clear that his training performances are the most important factor in determining his future.  Bearman, 18, impressed in Saudi Arabia earlier this year by finishing seventh when he filled in for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, and believes he is ready to take the next step in sealing a Formula One seat for next year.

Formula One team Haas are set to lose one of their drivers at the end of the season, with the star joining grid rivals Sauber starting from 2025.  Haas have had a trying start to the 2024 season, with just five points from five races enough to put them in seventh place in the constructor's standings, above only Williams, Alpine and Sauber.  Four of those points have come from Nico Hulkenberg with the other picked up by Kevin Magnussen. 

You need reactions from the highest speed, nerves of steel, and an almost unmatched ability to withstand G-Force to make it to Formula 1. These are skills that do not come naturally to the everyday human being but are developed over years and years of experience. The current Formula 1 grid will have begun their work towards joining the sport's top level when they started out in go-karts, can you recognise these stars from their karting days?

During Saturday's qualifying, the Red Bull team were playing "good families" at the Australian GP, with Christian Horner, Max Verstappen, and Helmut Marko in chat. Verstappen qualified in pole position for Sunday's Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, while Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez was demoted from third to sixth after impeding Nico Hulkenberg during Saturday's proceedings. Although the Red Bull team has been on alert during the season's tumultuous start due to the ongoing'sex texts' scandal, they were all smiles during the qualifying session.

Perez' ranking has been changed from third to sixth as a result of the penalty. As a result, McLaren's Lando Norris rises to third place, while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc claims fourth.

Despite dazzling on debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg has sent a letter to teenage Ferrari sensation Oliver Bearman, stating that he needs to stay focused on racing in Formula Two this season. The Haas driver also stated that if the 18-year-old's remarkable start to life in Formula One' could be forgotten' quickly if he does not follow up his seventh-place finish in Jeddah with a good year on the feeder circuit. After the Spaniard had been barred from racing due to appendicitis, the Bearman was drafted in at the last moment to replace Carlos Sainz in the second race of the season. Sainz will return to the grid for the Melbourne Grand Prix this weekend, according to Ferrari this week.

After his groundbreaking debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Formula One teenager Oliver Bearman will be walking on cloud nine this week. The 18-year-old was sent to substitute Carlos Sainz at late notice ahead of Friday's qualifying session before finishing fourth overall in Jeddah, scoring six points for his team. It was a whirlwind 24 hours for the pilot, who reportedly only found out he'd been taking Sainz's place a few hours before qualifying.

Oliver Bearman, the teen star of F1's debut, may have been well-rested, but he'll still have to be cautious what he says in post-race interviews. During Saturday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the 18-year-old made his F1 debut, winning a thrilling run and finishing seventh. After a contest with Sky Sports, the Bearman finished in front of fellow Brits Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, as well as Nico Hulkenberg, and was asked about his attempt to defeat Hulkenberg. When asked to clarify if he was wrong, Bearman told his staff that Hulkenberg was'so slow'. However, although he wasn't saying anything during the interview, the German proceeds to march into shot and past Bearman in the background.

According to claims, Oliver Bearman's sensational Formula One debut with Ferrari at the weekend's Saudi Arabia Grand Prix will guarantee him a permanent spot with another team next season. The 18-year-old was drafted in as a last-minute replacement by the Italian garage for Carlos Sainz, who underwent appendicitis surgery, and he was impressed during his first outing in the Middle East.

As he watched on in the Ferrari garage, David Bearman was seen visibly moved and breathing heavily. His son, 18, stepped in for his Ferrari debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend in place of Carlos Sainz, who has appendicitis. After potentially driving too slowly, he was immediately suspended for failing to follow the race director's instructions, but was cleared.

Last year's Albert Park riot was marked by confusion as the grand prix had to be restarted a record three times due to red flags, but more was to come as the chequered flag fell (pictured, left). Spectators at this year's tournament have now received a ban from the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (pictured left, Aussie F1 star Oscar Piastri, who placed eighth in the 2023 series).

The Italian-American engineer took his name as the fouled manager of the US-owned team, winning a fan base that had previously been unaware of him as a long-serving backwoodsman executive at Jaguar and Red Bull. His ardent Germanic-sounding expletives - he was born on the Austrian frontier - were besieging him at racetracks and airports around the world for autographs and selfies. However, Haas finished last in the constructors' championship last season, and Ayao Komatsu, the team's Japanese 47-year-old chief of engineering, has been fired after a season that saw them finish last. A ten-year reign has come to an end.

Following a turbulent 2023 season, excited Formula One fans are already planning their calendars and wishing the 90 days before the Bahrain Grand Prix next year - and the start of the 2024 calendar - will fly by quickly. Max Verstappen win his record-tying 15th race in 2023 months after being crowned for the third time in a row on Sunday in Abu Dhabi. But when the dust settled after the 23rd and final grand prix, exhausted drivers and their designers must have feared that the season would not come soon enough, and they waved goodbye to their teams, enjoyed a final group dinner, and scattered for some much-needed rest and relaxation.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN SAO PAULO: The race was suspended on a day when Mercedes tensions lay bare almost as quickly as their abysmal lack of energy. The Haas of Nico Hulkenberg nudged Albon, who was born on September 13th. Magnussen was then tagged by Albon.

After a chaotic opening lap crash in the Brazilian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo barely escaped a flying tyre. Following the dramatic collision that ended the races of both Haas' Kevin Magnussen and Williams' Alex Albon on the 200-yard approach to the first corner, the race was suspended. Abon's blue-liveried vehicle was detached from the road and landed in the direction of Daniel Ricciardo's AlphaTauri farther back. It skipped the Australian's head by inches and instead landed on his rear wing.

It would be an exaggeration to say that as much as an eyebrow had been raised. There was only a furtive exchange of glances, with no hint that Max Verstappen was now, in the future, the world champion for 2023. Max's father Jos and his manager, as well as long-serving family friend Raymond Vermeulen, the number-cruncher who negotiated the £50 million per annum salary that motor racing's hottest asset will have every year until the end of 2028, was caught in the brief eye contact. Verstappen's only apparent competitor for the title, his Red Bull colleague Sergio Perez, was ensnared by a gung-ho Esteban Ocon as he approached Haas' Nico Hulkenberg at the second corner, when the gazes appeared eight laps from the end of Saturday's tumultuous sprint race, a gung-hoo Esteban Ocon.

After winning pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Max Verstappen will try to stretch his championship lead. After Nico Hulkenberg fell from second to fifth in pouring rain on Saturday, the Red Bull driver did the job well, with Fernando Alonso and the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell behind him. At Mail Sport, we make it possible to track the events live.