Nico Hülkenberg was born in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany to Klaus Dieter and Susanne Hülkenberg.
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Nico’s father, Dieter, owns a shipping company, Hülkenberg Spedition e. K, based in Emmerich am Rhein.
Hülkenberg trained as a freight forwarding agent at his father’s company. He is fluent in Dutch, German, French and English.
Not much information is made available about his mother, Susanne.
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Hülkenberg raced in Formula One in 2010 with the Williams team. Despite winning the first pole position for Williams in more than five years, he was not retained for 2011 and joined Force India as a test and reserve driver.
He was promoted to a race seat with the team for the 2012 season, joining Paul di Resta.
In 2013 he drove for the Sauber team, with Mexican driver Esteban Gutiérrez as his teammate. Hülkenberg returned to Force India for the 2014 season. In October 2016, it was confirmed that he would switch to Renault for 2017.
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