Nico Hulkenberg will change fellow German Mick Schumacher at Haas in 2023, the U.S. Formula One crew introduced on Thursday.
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“Hulkenberg (35), a Formula 1 veteran with 181 career starts and a 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans race winner with Porsche, makes his full-time return to the sport next year,” Haas wrote in a statement launched forward of the ultimate race of the season this weekend in Abu Dhabi.
Hulkenberg will companion 30-year-old Dane Kevin Magnussen.
Haas didn’t specify the size of the contract.
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Hulkenberg drove for Williams, Force India, Sauber and Renault. He has not had a daily seat since leaving Renault in 2019 however was a Covid substitute for Racing Point/Aston Martin the final two seasons.
“I’m very happy to move into a full-time race seat with Haas F1 Team in 2023. I feel like I never really left Formula 1,” stated Hulkenberg.
His finest championship end was seventh in 2018. He holds the file for essentially the most Formula 1 begins, 181, with no podium end.
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“The experience and knowledge base Nico brings to the team is clear to see,” assist Haas director Guenther Steiner, praising Hulkenberg’s “reputation as being a great qualifier and a solid, reliable racer,”
The transfer completes the grid for subsequent season’s F1 season, offered that American Logan Sargeant, who is anticipated to affix Williams, obtains the Super Licence wanted to drive in F1.
Mick Schumacher, son of the legendary Michael Schumacher, loses his seat at Haas after two years in the premier class marked by poor outcomes and too many accidents.
Entering the final spherical of the season, the 23-year-old German is sixteenth in the motive force standings with 12 factors. Magnussen is thirteenth on 25 factors.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
