Nico Hulkenberg Quotes

Obviously being third in the Formula 1 world championship would be crazy.

My ambition is to one day be in Formula 1 and hopefully become world champion.

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

I won Formula Four. I went to New Zealand and won the Toyota Racing Series. I won the F3 European championship in 2016.

I would like it to be remembered; I would love to be World Champion one day and have my name on the list. That is the real dream - although I am sure it is the dream for pretty much all the Formula 1 drivers.

TO be racing in Formula One with Mclaren has been the ultimate goal for me. It's a dream come true.

In two years, I'll be making more than Michael Schumacher.

I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.

Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.

I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky.

My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.

I went to SG Formula and became Formula Renault 2.0 Champion. I went then to ART in Formula 3 and became Champion. Then I stayed with the team in GP2 Asia Series, and again, I became Champion. Then the first year of GP2 was really great. I was P4 at the end of the season, which was a fantastic result.

Ever since I was 7 years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true.

To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.

In my time in F1, I never doubted I could be successful. I sadly never made it on to the starting grid of an F1 race, but during testing I completed a race distance.

As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.

As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.

I will do everything I can to bring the Number One to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.

Williams is one of the big names in F1 with a really strong pedigree, so it is an honour to be driving for them.

My new life goes beyond my dreams because my dream was Formula One and I achieved it. I'm a driver, I feel like a driver. I have won this race because I am alive.

I love the role of being the experienced driver and that is definitely the case next year - I think I am the most experienced guy in F1 next year.

The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.