{"id":826777,"date":"2026-07-26T07:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826777\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:35:20","slug":"nico-hulkenberg-audi-10th-a-mixed-bag-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826777\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico H\u00fclkenberg (Audi\/10th): \u201cA mixed bag\u201d &#8211; Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cp=\"text\" data-size=\"medium\" class=\"_base_nub0l_1 _defaultText_nub0l_558\">So far in 2026, Nico H\u00fclkenberg has only managed to start a Grand Prix from within the top ten on two occasions, and on both occasions he was subsequently hampered by mechanical problems. In Miami, the car overheated; in Barcelona, the electrical system let him down.<\/p>\n<p data-cp=\"text\" data-size=\"medium\" class=\"_base_nub0l_1 _defaultText_nub0l_558\">Following Nico\u2019s best qualifying performance at the Hungaroring in ten years (ninth in 2016 with Force India), H\u00fclkenberg is determined to finally score his first points of the season with Audi. The 38-year-old German says: \u201cI\u2019m feeling a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, I\u2019m pleased because we\u2019ve made it into the top ten; on the other, I\u2019m disappointed because I thought we\u2019d be able to leave the Racing Bulls behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cp=\"text\" data-size=\"medium\" class=\"_base_nub0l_1 _defaultText_nub0l_558\">\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to the race because we\u2019re usually quicker in the Grand Prix than in qualifying. But to be honest \u2013 I\u2019d hoped for a bit more from the final practice session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cp=\"text\" data-size=\"medium\" class=\"_base_nub0l_1 _defaultText_nub0l_558\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy practice session because we had our hands full with the car\u2019s balance. But I think that applies to everyone. We\u2019re running with less downforce than before, but we\u2019ve got plenty of power; on top of that, the wind was changeable, often gusty, which caught out one or two drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cp=\"text\" data-size=\"medium\" class=\"_base_nub0l_1 _defaultText_nub0l_558\">\u201cMy lap was clean; I don\u2019t think I could have got much more out of the car.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So far in 2026, Nico H\u00fclkenberg has only managed to start a Grand Prix from within the top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-826777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}