Nico Hulkenberg Quotes

It's probably 10% luck and 45-45 on the driver and the car. If you have a bad car, you're done.

F1 teams need a driver who will consistently set lap times that are 100 percent on the edge.

One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. I've always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything I've done, I've got pole positions.

In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their early seasons in second-rate machinery, Hamilton walked into the equal best car on the grid. His first season none the less has, by any standards, been extraordinary.

You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.

If you are out in two races and someone else has a good couple of races, it could change. So all we do is try to get the optimum every time.

I was a driver and a racer. The difference between drivers, who can be great World Champions, and racers, who are also World Champions, is that racers don't wait for things to happen: they make things happen.

I would put my money on both my drivers to win if it came down a streetfight.

Basically, it is always good for a team if both drivers are very quick.

As soon as it rains, I am very good, very, very competitive; when the track dries it is not so easy.

I had a very good package for Phoenix, but at other tracks we do not have the power. The Brazilian Grand Prix was maybe closer to the reality.

The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.

So there is going to be that balance of understanding how to get the best out of the car that day, whether it's 15th or even if I have a shot at a top 10, protecting that car so we can bring it back when we have to.

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

With Ferrari sometimes, you win or you lose depending on what the mood of the team in general, of the group in general.

Since I started driving in F1 in 2006-07, the cars have got slower and easier to drive.

We have moved away from basic racing, where you see how the drivers fight with the cars to their physical limits and then make mistakes - or not.

If there are differences in the race pace it is normally because the tyre is overheating on my side.

People who've never played a sport in their life come to WWE and can kick butt. On the other hand, people who've played football or some other professional sport can come here and get in the ring and not do what we do. It's a different tango.

The rule of thumb in F1 is to beat your teammate.

I think Formula One is - there's a lot of differences from track to track, grip levels, tyre compound, so you always have to press the reset button and work from scratch again.

As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.

I've played at the top level for years now and know it's the small percentages that matter. That's what the difference is between you getting to a major tournament or not.

You never want to leave points out on the field, especially in a game when you know it is going to be close.

If you go back many years ago, you could cruise around and build up a big point lead. You cannot cruise around at all. You gotta be on it. And that's what I think people really enjoy. I've always believed that brings out the biggest moments, too. It brings out the driver talent.