Nico Hulkenberg has secured his dream works Renault drive for the 2017 F1 season alongside Jolyon Palmer. Check out how his career started from a Formula BMW title winner to F1's nearly man.<br /><br />Clinched the Euro F3 title in 2008 and followed it up with the GP2 title a year later<br /><br />Enjoyed a solid F1 rookie year with Williams and claimed pole position in Brazil<br /><br />Dropped by Williams and spends 2011 as Force India test driver<br /><br />Switches to Sauber for 1 season before returning to Force India in 2014<br /><br />Confirms his Force India exit to join the works Renault squad for 2017<br /><br /><br />Did you know<br />-1 of 3 drivers to win the GP2 Series in his rookie season (Hamilton and Rosberg the others)<br />-Only driver on the current F1 grid to have won the Le Mans 24 Hours<br />-Hulkenberg was signed by Michael Schumacher’s manager Willi Weber<br /><br /><br />Visit the Crash.Net website here - http://www.crash.net<br /><br />Follow us on social media<br /><br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/CRASH_NET
