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I'm a hulk fan too, but I have to admit, he's also bottled it a few times. If I remember correctly, a rainy race in hockenheim, he was somewhere near the podium himself, and put the car in the barriers. Also in Brazil, got into a crash in turn 1, when he was at the front. He's such a good driver, but the very few moments when he gets close to the podium, I think the pressure gets to him.
I remember years ago Brundle was talking about how under rated he is. Also how his height was a detriment to teams back then as shorter drivers were the preference.
The moment it all turned bad for him was in his first Season in Brazil. He got the Pole Position in a shitty Car at bad conditions. Everyone was talking about him... And Williams sacked him minutes later. What a waste!
I'm a bit new to F1. And one of the first facts I found about f1 was nico havent got a podium. I started watching more and more and got interested in his drives since I like the fact that he won Le Mans. I have this gut feeling that Nico is actually a good driver looking at his attempts and also the accidents with the cars but idk how to say/prove it. Thank god you made this vid 😢
quick, simple, clear explanation. thank you for bringing up hulkenberg's story, as his fans myself i would love to see him win atleast once in his life. keep up the goodjob brother!
Honestly i would love to see Hulk move to Aston Martin and have Lance booted. Him alongside Alonso if he was to stay, would make for a seriously class team! Hulk has been through his fair share of trials and tribulations over the years and i would really buzz for him if he had the chance to not only Win a Race, but win just 1 World Title. The man has worked his arse off for it and is one hell of a talent just had tough luck.
Exactly what I was thinking. There’s a wide open door there for him to get into a top-half car in a *fair* universe, but we all know who the 2nd Aston Martin seat is gonna keep going to…
Its heartbreaking to be completely honest here, great job I think he deserves a red bull or mercedes seat. I doubt tho, everytime there is that thing missing, daniel and yuki arent that great at the moment but sergio is under the radar so he perfoms. Mercedes would be cool but they have to many options, they probably want a big name like alonso or there own Driver like kimi. Audi is an option but he just dont deserves to be in such a backmarker car again. He is really like bottas now a face of the sport, like kimi and seb, big personalitys who will be missed. Hes one of the view left. Its so sad man, this video litterly made me sad, anyways time for ah the f3 race now in melbourne
This is because F1 has too less seats. 20 are not at all suffice for this big world filled with talented human beings so naturally some are bound to be left out. I at least wish F1 should introduce a car swap race where midfielders replace their car with the top 5 and then see the results. I dont think they will off by even 2 tenths per lap
@@vd9570 yeah i told ppl all the time but nobody listends. We have sprint races right, why dont we go back to the 2023 Sprint thing, and have on every Race a sprint race but now hear me out its perfect. Friday is practice and qualyfing for the race on sunday, than saturday is sprint day again. But with success balance from fridays qualyfing, kinda like gt cars and dtm and so many other Sports have than sprint qualy and race with success balance, and i do believe hulkenberg could snatch here and there a pole position when everyone has kinda the equal machinery, than for the sprint are only drivers championship points, not Team points because its with success balance, and for the race on sunday its normal again. Ofc more teams would also be good, lets make an indycar siced grid
and now he gets his big break at audi a german driver at a factory german team is a dream come true for him surely, i think its safe to say everyones happy for him
In my opinion the whole generation of drivers that came between 2010-2014 were very unlucky like Riccardo, Hulk, Kmag, Perez, Bottas all of them had really good talent and some of them most likely would have won a championship but unfortunately they came when the sport was being dominated by vetrans and now that it over new talent is coming like a force and they are too old to stay on their level
Perez and Bottas had their chance driving dominant cars and failed and Ricciardo ran away and got into trouble by himself. Alonso and Hamilton prove that age has nothing to do with it. Hamilton was Bottas' team mate and is older. They were unlucky to encounter better drivers. That's all.
Wow I had no idea how good he really is. I. A new F1 fan, due to Drive to Survive, and always thought he had something in him. It was so tough with those years at Renault. Thanks for the video. Did you or can you create more of these? I think and hope he ends up at Aston Martin.
The cut to the slide into barriers in Germany 2019 was vicious - and got me right in the feels. When the defining moments of your career are those, where you lost the podium, it's tough. On the upside, he's also a role model for remaining stoic in the face of adversity. He's still there, still having fun, taking the wins he can. I believe he's always had challenges, as his sponsors are good, but not on the level of the more prolific pay drivers, while his skill is demonstrably solid, but he never got those career-making standout performances. Regarding his age: I feel like he has matured and keeps maturing significantly, while not losing his speed. The main drawback he has to face, is his lack of marketability and sponsorship - German drivers in general are struggling in that department lately, as F1 is growing more profitable in other regions. His past lack of standout-moments also doesn't help.
Nico is my favorite driver and it really hurts to see his talent go to waste. I don't get how such a successful junior driver had this misfortune and let down.
Was never a close supporter of Hulkenburg but can’t help but root for him. His story is somehow made infinitely worse being booted for Pastor Maldonado :’)
There’s a reason the fair weight rule was introduced. Hulk was losing up to 4 tenths a lap to Perez whilst they were teammates due to the heavy hybrids and lack of minimum weight increase. Perez, one of the smallest with Hulk the tallest, Sergio could use an extra 16kg of movable floor ballast to help with setup and tyre life. Despite this, Nico easily out qualified him and even finished ahead in the races more often when both cars finished. Incredible.
How many podiums did Nico score compared to Perez. How many points did he get on Sunday compared to Nico? That’s what counts not how how much Nico weighs vs Perez. What youre basically saying don’t sign Bico cause he is too tall and weighs too much.
@@Yahniboy”don’t sign Nico because he weights too much” that’s exactly why Ferrari didn’t sign him for 2014. Nico adapted to the new regs of 2014 very well and out performed and out scored Perez that season. There’s a lot of articles explaining how the taller drivers were at a great disadvantage because of the introduction of the heavy hybrids at the start of 2014 due to the fact the minimum weight wasn’t increased enough. For 2015, teams had reduced the weight of their cars further but that only made the situation worse for the heavier drivers as the lighter drivers had more movable ballast to use on the floor to get them to reach minimum weight. The taller drivers didn’t have this benefit. We see Nico struggled more in 2015 and 2016 compared to Perez and the weight difference between the two drivers was the most extreme on the grid. 2017 the regs changed again and minimum weight was increased which really helped and then in 2019 the fair weight rule was finally introduced.
This guy might have one of the unuckiest modern F1 careers. - Magically runs into issues everytime he's in podium contention (the Force India 2012 one was unfortunately a driver error) - Half of his career consisted of getting replaced by another driver, then coming back later on. - When he finishes, he does get the most out of the car if he's having no issues. - Signs up for GT race and ends up not racing after testing for months - Wins Le Mans in his first attempt - About to get signed by top teams and still getting replaced because of a wonder-performance of someone else - Gets to sign with a horrible team again
Always been a Hulkenberg/Perez fan since 2010-11...perez gladly made it,but nico never did sadly,even though i think he is as good if not slightly better at least one lap pace...dude was robbed of a career
Sergio Fan here, I followed him along 2018 and 2019, realized of how talented he was/is as the best of the rest, nevertheless we know from the sport and all elite athletes that something that goes along with each successful driver is luck. He had superb drives, but ultimately more catastrophic results of his own or team mistakes. I think his career is overlooked though can’t say that Ricciardo earning a Podium before him in Renault was probably the cherry on top to understand maybe, the Hulk could be a great driver but he doesn’t have what a future champion has. Guts, insight. Like look at Alonso’s career (even though he had winning cars), Vettels (fellow German, extremely talented to achieve a WIN with a Toro Rosso even before Red Bull). I think other young talents deserve an opportunity even when he left, I was ok with his decision. his return just makes want to wish him the best but his prime, if there ever was in F1, is long gone. Another sweet/sour story from the sport.
I might get flamed for this but I'm cool with that.. The Hulk should be with Merc for 2025.. it'll still give Russell something to race for as the Hulk has real race craft. Behind a great car The Hulk could shine🙌⚡️🙌
What you forget to mention is: He was 2nd choice of Mercedes seat in 2013 after Michael Schumacher retired. If Lewis had rejected move from Mclaren to Merc (which he rejected in 1st place then he accepted) Nico will be team mate of Rosberg. Not only he would get lots of podiums and race wins he could even become World Champion.
He was also first choice to replace Rosberg for 2017 with Merc asking Renault if they would release him from his newly signed contract with them - they declined!
@@alastairjones0that must’ve stung so bad for Nico, I don’t think he’s ever even talked about it. IF he somehow lands a Mercedes seat, it’ll definitely be mentioned
@@wizzfizz6800 Hulk has just never been at the right place at the right time. Renault first wanted Perez for 2017 but his backers turned down the move due to commercial differences. If Perez had signed for Renault then Nico would have had a very successful career with Merc from 2017.
It's difficult though, the top 5 teams are miles ahead in terms of pace compared to the bottom 5 teams. Unless someone from top teams get knocked out in race, there's not much chance for the midfielders to finish in the top 10.
Nico is the best example for all what's going wrong in Formula 1. He has won literally everything he startet in. But in F1 there are other things which decide who sits in the best car. Maldonado with sponsoring, Ocon with citizenship, Hamilton with marketing. Everytime Nico shows his talent, there is no Cockpit to gain with a fair shootout or something, it is everytime anything far away from racing, what decides the driver question.
I’d love to see him in winning car. Just never really had his chance. I remember when he came into F1 he was like the next big thing. I’d love to see him in the Mercedes or Aston.
Its like the hulk has been considered for all the top teams at one point or another, including Ferrari for 2014 if memory serves Ive heard one of the drawbacks is his height
Probably even more unlucky than Alonso...at least Alonso got his early years and ferrari days...hulk never had the calmness and consistency in his career..maybe in 2023-24 for the first time he feels relaxed
That's true. The height was kinda a drawback but not so much. I think it was more of a timing issue for Hulk. I think he was Mercedes first choice in 2017 when Rosberg retired, but the call was so late that by that time he had already signed a multi year contract with Renault. Even Merc tried to negotiate with Renault to release him but that didn't work. It was just bad timing.
he's the modern day Fisichella. Fisichella did eventually get a top drive with Renault but was beyond his peak by then. The Hulk's never even had that!
That year Hulk was nervous because he realized that the team didn't want him anymore. Such a pity. And Ricciardo took advantage of it with those stupid jokes.
It would be so interesting to have an event every season where all the drivers do a hot lap on a very balanced track in the same, very balanced car, just to see what happens when you neutralize things and leave it all down to the driver. Still wouldn’t be a perfect experiment as different drivers have different vehicle characteristic preferences… But it would be interesting still. Considering how many teams Niko has been on, and how many times he’s hopped into a seat last minute, it’s always felt like he does an above average job of extracting whatever he can out of the car he’s in. Meanwhile you have Riccardo and Hamilton miles away from their teammates the second they’re in less than perfect cars. I’d bet Nico in either today’s RB or Mercedes would out perform those guys respectively.
I've long been a fan of Hulkenberg. I never understood why he didn't get a seat at a McClaren or Red Bull. He's very good & consistent. He's one of those guys that can take a marginal car and get more out of it than expected. Also, he won Le Mans; that's enough for me there.
similar driver and career to Heidfeld. he's miles ahead in ability compared to the pay drivers, but missing the last few percent of the really top tier drivers who manage to break out of his type of situation. there's other drivers like him who have managed to break out into a decent seat for a couple of years, but for that you need a lot of luck and to be in the right place at the right time which he just didn't have
I think he’s one of those drivers that just suffered from timing. Every top team had the drivers they wanted. Only possible shifts might have been either partnered with vettel, either at red bull or Ferrari, or at Mercedes after rosberg left. Both those teams though went with a true secondary second class citizen driver. Bottas and Raikonnen never really challenged their teammates, and the teams def appreciated that.
Caught up on nico , kinda supported my suspicions of him as a driver.. he has been lucky to get that seat but the verdict is still so out if he'll retain it ... I think he has faded the same DR has and will face the same fate just a little later than DR will...
Clearly not lucky , he’s clearly the best of the two in the team more than half the time, it’ll be him and bear man next year, if he stays in haas. But Audi really want stains and hulkenberg in 2026 so we shall see. He faded a little but you can’t deny he was done so dirty so many times in his career, what a waste of his prime and young years , but he stilled showed that he’s fast
bad luck can only explain so much. His team mates got podiums in the same cars, so his record of most races without a podium is a bad one for himself. Talented yes, but most F1 guys are talented. Not enough to fully deliver hence he was never picked up by anyone
@@cadelepski5161 Where is GP winner Maldonado now? Oh yes. Gone instantly as soon as he lost the PDVSA sponsorship. 😐 While Nico is still there, with a career entirely built on talent and without anyone's help.
@@cadelepski5161 Exactly but in a positive way. Unfortunately he has not achieved significant results in F1, despite this, he is there precisely because of his talent.
@@KroneVanguard "he has not achieved significant results in F1, despite this, he is there precisely because of his talent." Are you even reading what you're writing?
Even more info ... Hulkenberg crew up close to the German Dutch border. Drove allot in Eefde the Netherlands. Has a dutch girl an speaks dutch. Zo along he has allot of dutch fans.
They had the closest average qualifying gap though , out of all teammates that year, Nico definitely didn’t help himself with Germany though. But the standings don’t show how close those two actually were. Danny also got way more favoured strategy, to justify him staying lol
Just a driver with never any luck on his side. Merecedes wanted him for 2013, if their ultra-ambitious aim of getting Lewis Hamilton didn't work (and it logically shouldn't have - the rest is history). Ferrari nearly signed him in 2014, but his height/weight was always a worry due to the then regulations. c]CCombined with the fact that Lotus nearly went bankrupt so had to offload Kimi Raikkonnen, so Ferrari saw that as the safer option (def the wrong option in the end, because Kimi's performances fell off a cliff after 2013). He was then dropped for nationality reasons for Esteban Ocon, who hasn't imo proven to be better than Hulkenberg in the 4 years since.