Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza

Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152265

By McLaren Fan - 13 Sep 09, 11:48

- 13 Sep 09, 11:48#152265

From F1 Live:

Nico Hulkenberg on Sunday secured the 2009 GP2 championship with one round to spare.

The young German, who is Williams' test driver and tipped for a race seat next season, finished the Monza sprint race third, enough to secure the necessary points advantage over his title rival Vitaly Petrov.

Hulkenberg's champion predecessor Giorgio Pantano aside, all previous GP2 title winners - Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Timo Glock - went on to establish firm careers in formula one.

Source: GMM

Ayrton Senna: WDC 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
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Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152266

By bud - 13 Sep 09, 11:51

- 13 Sep 09, 11:51#152266

Congrats to him

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152268

By Denthúl - 13 Sep 09, 11:54

- 13 Sep 09, 11:54#152268

Good on him. Petrov had a real opportunity to pass Hulkenberg in the last few laps, where Hulkenberg made a little mistake, but Petrov made a bigger one and lost any chance of taking the fight to the final round. Now, hopefully, Hulkenberg will replace Nakajima...

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152269

By Jamie - 13 Sep 09, 12:14

- 13 Sep 09, 12:14#152269

Congrats

Really happy for him

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Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152304

By darwin dali - 13 Sep 09, 13:42

- 13 Sep 09, 13:42#152304

Great! He might be able to set F1 on fire in the coming years.

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152317

By 7UpJordan - 13 Sep 09, 13:50

- 13 Sep 09, 13:50#152317

Well done Hulk, Naka's seat is yours!

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152319

By McLaren - 13 Sep 09, 13:55

- 13 Sep 09, 13:55#152319

Hopefully he will get a chance in f1 next year.Will be interesting to see how he goes.

Gratz on the title

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152322

By bud - 13 Sep 09, 14:00

- 13 Sep 09, 14:00#152322

Yeah hopefully he gets a seat at Williams.

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152328

By Rivelution - 13 Sep 09, 14:13

- 13 Sep 09, 14:13#152328

7UpJordan wrote:Well done Hulk, Naka's seat is yours!

Crapajima's outta here!!

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152422

By Jabberwocky - 13 Sep 09, 16:30

- 13 Sep 09, 16:30#152422

good lad

I know a lot of people rate him but TBH I have never been inspired by him. Pretty much like Villeneurve really.

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152423

By 7UpJordan - 13 Sep 09, 16:38

- 13 Sep 09, 16:38#152423

Rivelution wrote:
7UpJordan wrote:Well done Hulk, Naka's seat is yours!
Crapajima's outta here!!

Wouldn't it be funny if he went to Toyota next year in place of Trulli?

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152452

By Jamie - 13 Sep 09, 17:27

- 13 Sep 09, 17:27#152452

bud wrote:Yeah hopefully he gets a seat at Williams.

I hope he gets exactly the same dude

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Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152462

By Denthúl - 13 Sep 09, 17:40

- 13 Sep 09, 17:40#152462

Jabberwocky wrote:good lad

I know a lot of people rate him but TBH I have never been inspired by him. Pretty much like Villeneurve really.

How so?

Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152467

By Jamie - 13 Sep 09, 17:55

- 13 Sep 09, 17:55#152467

Denthúl wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:good lad

I know a lot of people rate him but TBH I have never been inspired by him. Pretty much like Villeneurve really.
How so?

Exactly! What are you on about? He is awesome!!! I rate him so highly! He is a superb driver and will one day be a WDC

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Re: Hulkenberg becomes GP2 champion at Monza#152532

By cap-dude - 13 Sep 09, 19:41

- 13 Sep 09, 19:41#152532

Vanilla-Bear wrote:
Denthúl wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:good lad

I know a lot of people rate him but TBH I have never been inspired by him. Pretty much like Villeneurve really.
How so?
Exactly! What are you on about? He is awesome!!! I rate him so highly! He is a superb driver and will one day be a WDC

I wouldn't say WDC just yet. So far out of all GP2 champions and F3000 champions (the series before GP2) Only one has ever became F1 champion and thats Hamilton.

And in case your wondering, those champions are, Alesi, Badoer, Panis, Zonta, Montoya, Heidfeld, Bourdais, Luzzi, Rosberg, Glock.

But no doubt, Hulkenburg is a super talent. Champion is pretty much everything he's done. He's more than quick. He's consistent, doesn't make mistakes, quick in quali as he is in the race, and a quick learner as well. It'll be fascinating to see him in F1 next year.

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