{"id":388232,"date":"2024-04-26T08:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=388232"},"modified":"2024-04-26T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T09:04:08","slug":"f1-star-reveals-huge-defection-with-multi-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=388232","title":{"rendered":"F1 star reveals huge defection with multi-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>N\ufeffico Hulkenberg will leave Haas for Kick Sauber <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/f1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"F1\">F1<\/a> team in 2025, according to <em>ESPN<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The German driver announced he will be joining Kick Sauber from 2025 on a multi-season deal one year before the team transitions to team Audi.<\/p>\n<p>Hulkenberg joined Haas in 2023 after spending three seasons without a permanent seat on the grid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-moses-suli-knocked-out-kick-off-rule-roosters-vs-dragons-video\/fd1a41dd-5482-48fd-9b5e-bd0432d38bda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Calls for major NRL change after sickening collision<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2024-christian-petracca-patrick-dangerfield-reaction-collingwood-magpies-essendon-bombers-draw-extra-time\/adbb0e6f-c2f9-47e0-8a06-5c6ff2e7d977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AFL stars at odds over radical extra-time call<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-south-sydney-rabbitohs-jason-demetriou-coach-loss-to-melbourne-storm\/3ff99909-836c-4fe3-8b69-eac437fd5ebe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Demetriou asks players &#x27;to take ownership&#x27; after drubbing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu released a statement on Friday regarding Hulkenberg&#x27;s release.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;d like to extend my thanks to Nico for his contributions to the team in the time that he&#x27;s been here with us &#8211; he&#x27;s been a great team player and someone we very much enjoy working with,&quot; Komatsu said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;His experience and feedback have proved invaluable to us in terns of improving our overall performance &#8211; a fact that&#x27;s clearly evident in both his qualifying and race performances in the VF-24 this season.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"82333bbe-0cb2-4247-aeda-c568c061b236\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/82333bbe-0cb2-4247-aeda-c568c061b236\" alt=\"Nico Hulkenberg during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Circuit \" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;There&#x27;s a lot more racing to go this year so we look forward to continuing to benefit from his inputs throughout the remainder of the 2024 season.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>It is rumoured that Hulkenberg will be joined by off-contract Ferrari star <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/carlos-sainz\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Carlos Sainz\">Carlos Sainz<\/a>, who is being replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/lewis-hamilton\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Lewis Hamilton\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kick Sauber driver&#x27;s Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu expected to leave the team at the end of the current season, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Formula 2 star Oliver Bearman is expected to replace Hulkenberg at Haas after an impressive top-10 finish in his first F1 race at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in March.<\/p>\n<p>Haas has yet to comment on the future of their other driver, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/kevin-magnussen\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Kevin Magnussen\">Kevin Magnussen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>N\ufeffico Hulkenberg will leave Haas for Kick Sauber F1 team in 2025, according to ESPN. 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