In October 2016, it was confirmed that he would switch to Renault for 2017. Hülkenberg returned to Force India for the 2014 season. In 2013 he drove for the Sauber team, with Mexican driver Esteban Gutiérrez as his teammate. He was promoted to a race seat with the team for the 2012 season, joining Paul di Resta. Despite claiming 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. Hülkenberg raced in Formula One in 2010 with the Williams team. As of July 2022 he also holds the record for most career points without a single race win, the record was attributed after the previous holder, Carlos Sainz Jr. As of March 2022, Hülkenberg holds the record for the most Formula One career starts without a podium finish, a record he broke when he failed to finish in his 129th race (the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix) and in so doing passed Adrian Sutil's previous record of 128 Hülkenberg's record stands at 181 Grands Prix. He is one of six drivers since 2005 to win the GP2 Series/Formula 2 championship in his debut season, the others being Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Charles Leclerc, George Russell, and Oscar Piastri. He was the 2009 GP2 Series champion, and is a previous champion of both the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany. In 2015, he also contested two rounds of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Porsche, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans on his first attempt. This comes after serving as a reserve driver for Aston Martin F1 Team for the year of 2022. Nicolas Hülkenberg ( German pronunciation:, born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver who is currently competing in the Formula One World Championship for Haas F1 Team. Hülkenberg at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
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