Nico Hulkenberg Quotes

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

I'm definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.

'Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

Any finish at Le Mans is great but every time I go to Le Mans my mission is to win.

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km.

I am part of a circuit called 24 Hours of LeMons, where it's a sort of riff on 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's a poor man's weekend warrior racer event.

I spent many years in Italy, I've lived just 5km away from the track and the Monza atmosphere is very special.

It is one thing to drive a Formula 1 car, and it is another thing to actually race it.

I was driving in Formula Renault 2.0... with Daniel Ricciardo.

I hear a lot of people who say they enjoy watching the road course races over the ovals.

It's been my dream to race in F1 since I was eight. I don't see why that should change just because I've changed. It's a big challenge but I like to push myself. The accident has toughened me up and made me realise what's important. It's spurred me on to get to F1.

When I think about it, it is quite crazy to race against people like Fernando Alonso, when I remember watching him from the balcony in Monaco.

I like road-course racing.

The Spa-Francorchamps circuit has a special place in my heart.

I'm pretty excited to be racing for Williams. They're real racers.

Racing is work, so that's not a hobby.

I think what makes things interesting in Formula E, and I really hope it happens with me, is that many drivers are able to win the race. Maybe many drivers can win the championship.

We need to make sure F1 stays the quickest category of all, and GP2 is not that far away, so that's a little bit worrying.

We've always said that it doesn't say 'Daniel Ricciardo Racing' or 'Max Verstappen Racing' - it says Red Bull Racing.

Poland is my home country but in go-karts, Formula Renault and Formula 3, I always raced for Italian teams and spent over a year living close to Monza, so this whole area holds good memories for me.

I've been fortunate to drive for some of the greats in racing.

Formula 1 need to have a good look at itself. As a show, I think we need to put on a better show for the fans.