Marko Hanželic
Just before the end of the collaboration, the team leader also paid tribute to his racer Renault, Cyril Abiteboul, who believes that Nico has contributed a lot to the development of the Renault Formula 1 team over the last three years.
Hulkenberg joined Renault in the 2017 season, a year after the French returned to F1 as a factory team. He is ninth in the 2016 season Renault advanced to sixth place in the 2017 season, and last season they managed to overtake them for fourth place Haas. This year, despite their arrival Daniel Ricciard failed to improve on last season’s results as it was overtaken by McLaren, which also uses Renault powertrains but is the team boss Cyril Abiteboul nevertheless satisfied with what he is Nico Hulkenberg contributed to the Franco-English team over the last three years.
His experience and quality on the track were invaluable for the development of the team, so Nico Hülkenberg played a very important role on Renault’s path to F1.
Cyril Abiteboul, head of the Renault F1 team
Obviously you are Nico Hulkenberg for next season he will not be able to secure a place as a racer in F1, but he is still happy with what he has achieved at Renault. “I have three beautiful years at Renault. I do not regret anything, except for some of my mistakes, such as the accident at this year's German Grand Prix, where I was even in the game for my first podium, ” said a German racer at an upcoming F1 farewell.
