The Sauber Formula 1 team has confirmed Nico Hulkenberg is joining its team from 2025 onwards and into its Audi era.
On Friday morning Hulkenberg's current team Haas announced that the German is leaving the squad at the end of the 2024 season. The 36-year-old was out of contract at Haas and was long known to be on Audi F1 CEO Andreas Seidl's shortlist. Hulkenberg will now join the team, which will still be known as Sauber in 2025, one year ahead of Audi's official F1 entry in 2026 on a multi-year deal. He previously raced for the Swiss-based team in 2013.
'With his speed, his experience and his commitment to teamwork, he will be an important part of the transformation of our team – and of Audi’s F1 project. “Right from the start, there was great mutual interest in building something long-term together. 'Nico is a strong personality, and his input, on a professional and personal level, will help us to make progress both in the development of the car and in building up the team.
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