Nico Hülkenberg

German · 2010–2026
VS

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish · 2013–2026
Race H2H
78 123
201 shared
Qualifying H2H
81 118
199 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
4
P7
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 9
2024 P11 2013 P10 2014 P4 2015 P5 2016 P8 2017 P3 2018 P5 2019 P2 2020 P2 2022 P10 2023 P15 2026 P19
Career totals
Nico Hülkenberg Valtteri Bottas
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
10
Poles
1
20
Podiums
1
67
Fastest laps
2
19
Career points
614
1,788
Starts
264
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nico Hülkenberg Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
0%
3.9%
Podium rate
0.4%
26.1%
Pole rate
0.4%
7.8%
Points / start
2.3
7.0
Avg grid
P11.2
P8.5
Avg finish
P12.1
P9.3
Finish rate
84.1%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nico Hülkenberg Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
2,326
1,883
Overtakes / race
9.4
7.4
Places lost
2,304
1,734
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Nico Hülkenberg Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
16
11
Crash retirements
18
8
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 8 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2010
Debut season
2013
First win
2017 · aged 27
2010
First pole
2017
First title
P3
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Nico Hülkenberg Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Nico Hülkenberg Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 7 · P1
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P8 2 · 5 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 1 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P17 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 5 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 4 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 3 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P7
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P8
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P17
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P16
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P12
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P16
Team history
Nico Hülkenberg
FOR
REN
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
MER
Williams 2013–2016Mercedes 2017–2021Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20102026
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).