He only scored in one Grand Prix but Nico Hulkenberg out-scored and out-qualified his Haas team-mate in 2023 – and even qualified on the front row. Here’s Nico Hulkenberg’s 2023 Formula 1 season in statistics!

NICO HULKENBERG 2023 GRAND PRIX STATISTICS

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NICO HULKENBERG 2023 QUALIFYING STATISTICS

AVERAGE GAP TO TEAM-MATE PER QUALIFYING SECTOR

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^{Note: for qualifying sector battles, outlier results from wet qualifying sessions have been removed for a more fair comparison.}

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NICO HULKENBERG 2023 F1 SEASON SUMMARY

The table below shows qualifying and race results at each round of the Formula 1 season. Scroll down for results in Sprint events.

	Qualifying battle	Quali	Grid	Race	Pos change
BAHRAIN	WON	10	10	15	-5
SAUDI ARABIA	WON	11	10	12	-2
AUSTRALIA	WON	10	10	7	3
AZERBAIJAN	WON	17	PIT	17	3
MIAMI	LOST	12	12	15	-3
MONACO	LOST	18	18	17	1
SPAIN	WON	8	7	15	-8
CANADA	WON	2	5	15	-10
AUSTRIA	WON	8	8	DNF	–
BRITAIN	WON	11	11	13	-2
HUNGARY	WON	10	10	14	-4
BELGIUM	LOST	20	PIT	18	2
NETHERLANDS	WON	15	14	12	2
ITALY	WON	13	13	17	-4
SINGAPORE	LOST	9	9	13	-4
JAPAN	LOST	18	18	14	4
QATAR	WON	15	14	16	-2
UNITED STATES	LOST	16	PIT	11	7
MEXICO CITY	WON	12	12	13	-1
SAO PAULO	WON	11	11	12	-1
LAS VEGAS	LOST	13	13	DNF	–
ABU DHABI	WON	8	8	15	-7

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NICO HULKENBERG 2023 SPRINT RACE SUMMARY

The table below shows Sprint Shootout and Sprint results from the six races in the 2023 season at which Sprint events were held during the 2023 season.

	Quali	Grid	Race	Pos change
AZERBAIJAN	12	12	15	-3
AUSTRIA	4	4	6	-2
BELGIUM	20	20	17	3
QATAR	7	7	DNF	–
UNITED STATES	16	16	15	1
SAO PAULO	12	12	18	-6

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RACE BY RACE: NICO HULKENBERG‘S 2023 F1 SEASON IN STATISTICS

2023 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

On his Haas debut, Nico Hulkenberg reached Q3 at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix. His only lap time in the session was deleted, meaning he qualified tenth. It marked Hulkenberg’s first Q3 appearance since appearing with Racing Point at the 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020. This was Hulkenberg’s first Q3 appearance in Bahrain since the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix.

2023 SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg finished 12^th in the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: the same position in which he finished the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Hulkenberg’s 12^th place finish marked his 183^rd race start without a race win. He equalled Nick Heidfeld for second in the list of most Grand Prix starts without a victory.

2023 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

At the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenbergn overtook Nick Heidfeld as the German driver to have made the fourth most Formula 1 starts. He also overtook Heidfeld for second on the list of drivers who have made the most Grand Prix starts without taking a victory.

Hulkenberg’s seventh place marked his best result since the 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020, as well as the fifth time he’s finished seventh in his last six Australian Grand Prix appearances.

2023 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg qualified in 17th place for the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, qualifying outside of the top 11 for the first time this year. Hulkenberg started the race from the pit lane, marking his first pit lane start since the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix. Hulkenberg finished 17^th in the race – his worst result of the 2023 season to date.

2023 MIAMI GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg made this the second consecutive Miami Grand Prix in which a Haas driver finished 15^th. Mick Schumacher finished 15^th with the team in 2022.

2023 MONACO GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg recorded his worst qualifying result of the 2023 season to date. It marked the first time the German was eliminated in Q1 at the Monaco Grand Prix.

2023 SPANISH GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg qualified in eighth place at the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix. It was his best qualifying result since qualifying third at the 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020 and marked the first time in his ten appearances at the Spanish Grand Prix that he has qualified in the top ten. Lining up seventh on the grid for the 26th time in his career, Hulkenberg equalled Fernando Alonso for the most starts from the seventh grid slot.

2023 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg qualified in second place for the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix, which would have been the Haas team’s first front row start for a Grand Prix had Hulkenberg not received a three-place grid penalty for a red flag infringement. This was only the second time in his career, after taking pole at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix, that Hulkenberg set one of the two fastest lap times in qualifying.

After starting fifth, Hulkenberg finished the race in 15^th place. He lost ten positions over the course of the race – the most places he has ever lost in a Grand Prix which he has completed. This was the first Canadian Grand Prix which Hulkenberg has started since 2013 in which he has failed to score any points.

2023 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

Reaching Q3 for a third race in a row at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg qualified in the top ten at three consecutive races for the first time since the 2019 Italian, Singapore and Russian Grands Prix.

Hulkenberg picked up points in the F1 Sprint, recording Haas’ best Sprint result to date with sixth place. On Sunday, he was the only retirement from the Grand Prix. This was Hulkenberg’s first retirement of the season and the first time he retired from a race since the 2019 German Grand Prix.

Hulkenberg recorded the first retirement from eighth on the grid in Austria since Mika Hakkinen retired from the 2001 Austrian Grand Prix.

2023 BRITISH GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg finished 13^th in the 2023 British Grand Prix. Aside from his DNS at the 2020 British Grand Prix, this was the German’s worst-ever result at Silverstone and one of only three occasions on which he has failed to score at the track.

2023 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX

Qualifying tenth at the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg secured the first top ten qualification for Haas at the Hungarian Grand Prix since 2019. This was the first time since 2017 that Hulkenberg reached Q3 at the Hungaroring.

2023 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg was eliminated in Q1 for the third time this season at the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix. This was Hulkenberg’s first Q1 exit at the Belgian Grand Prix since 2014 and his first back row qualification since the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix, as well as the first time he qualified outside of the top 18 at the Belgian Grand Prix. After a change of power unit and gearbox, Hulkenberg started the Grand Prix from the pit lane. He finished 18^th, marking the first time he gained a position from where he started since the Monaco Grand Prix.

2023 DUTCH GRAND PRIX

On Lap 17 of the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg became the 19th driver to have raced 10,000 Grand Prix laps in Formula 1 history. Hulkenberg finished 12^th – his best result since finishing seventh at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.

2023 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

Qualifying 13^th, Nico Hulkenberg recorded the Haas team’s best Italian Grand Prix qualifying result since Kevin Magnussen qualified 12^th in 2019. With Hulkenberg 17^th and Kevin Magnussen 18^th in the race, this was the first time in the Haas team’s history that neither Haas driver has finished in the top 16 at the Italian Grand Prix.

2023 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg became the 14^th driver to record 100 Q3 appearances in Formula 1 at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix. This was his fifth consecutive appearance at the Singapore Grand Prix on which he has qualified in the top ten.

2023 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

Setting the 18^th fastest lap time, Nico Hulkenberg recorded his worst Japanese Grand Prix qualifying result to date. This was only the second time, after 2018 that Hulkenberg was eliminated in Q1 at Suzuka. Finishing 14^th, Hulkenberg gained four positions from where he started; the most positions he has gained in a race so far in 2023. Of his six classified finishes at Suzuka, this was the first time Hulkenberg crossed the finish line in a position outside of the points.

2023 QATAR GRAND PRIX

With 15^th place at the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg became the first Haas driver to not qualify on the back row at Lusail Circuit. Kevin Magnussen qualified on the back row in 2023, while Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin set the two slowest times in qualifying in 2021.

2023 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX

After having a lap time deleted, Nico Hulkenberg was out in Q1 at the 2023 United States Grand Prix. This was the first time in nine appearances at Circuit of The Americas that Hulkenberg was eliminated in Q1. With 11^th place in the race, Hulkenberg recorded his best Sunday result since he last scored points at the Australian Grand Prix. This was only the second top 11 result for Haas in the last 13 Grands Prix.

2023 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg made his 200th Grand Prix start at the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix, becoming the 22nd driver to make 200 race starts. Hulkenberg became only the second driver, after Andrea de Cesaris to have started 200 Grands Prix without taking a victory. Hulkenberg finished 13^th, making this his first visit to Mexico in which he has neither scored points nor retired.

Hulkenberg made the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix only the second time that a Haas driver made it out of Q1 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. He recorded the team’s best qualifying result to date at the track with 12^th place – three positions higher than they have ever qualified before. Despite that, Hulkenberg equalled his worst Mexico qualifying result to date.

2023 SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX

With 11^th place in qualifying at the 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg recorded his best Interlagos qualifying result since setting the eighth fastest lap time at the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix. Finishing 12^th, Hulkenberg made this the 11^th consecutive race which he has finished in a position outside of the points.

2023 LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg’s late-race retirement made the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix the third consecutive race in which the driver starting 13^th failed to finish – the longest run of retirements from this grid position since 2020. This was Hulkenberg’s first DNF since the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.

2023 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX

Nico Hulkenberg made his first Q3 appearance since the Singapore Grand Prix at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This was his sixth successive appearance at Yas Marina Circuit in which he qualified in the top ten. It was only the second time that a Haas driver reached Q3 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Romain Grosjean was the last Haas driver to do so, in 2018.