Vijay Mallya has confirmed that Nico Hülkenberg did enough with his practice outings to earn a full-time Force India race seat for 2012. The German, as well as Scotland’s Paul di Resta, was confirmed by the Silverstone-based team on Friday afternoon.
Hülkenberg’s return to an F1 race seat comes after a year out of action, having been dropped by Williams despite securing a memorable pole at Interlagos just over a year ago. Since then, he has featured in a number of practice periods for Force India.
“I am delighted to present our line-up for the 2012 season,” says Mallya, Team Principal and Managing Director of Sahara Force India.
“In Paul and Nico we have two extremely talented drivers with tremendous potential. I think Paul caught the eye of everybody during his rookie season; his speed, maturity and racecraft confirmed that we were right to believe in him and we look forward to working with him again next year.
“As for Nico, we identified him as a rising star at the end of 2010 and chose to evaluate him during the course of this season. Despite having only limited time in the car, he convinced us that he deserved a race seat for 2012.”
Friday’s news confirms the expected scenario of Adrian Sutil remaining on the driver market; the German, who has raced with no other team since entering Formula 1 in 2007, is now involved in a multiple-driver battle for the remaining Williams seat alongside Pastor Maldonado.
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