Nico Hulkenberg was in ecstatic mood after he finished the British Grand Prix on Sunday in third place, bringing to an end his wait to stand on the Formula 1 podium after 239 race starts, Afrosport reports.
The 37-year-old German held the record for most grand prix starts without a podium, but it all ended as he benefited from wet conditions at Silverstone to take the final podium behind the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after starting in 19th.
It was also the first podium for his team, Sauber, since Kamui Kobayashi’s third-place finish at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.
Reacting to the historic moment, Hulkenberg said: “It’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? But, yeah, I always knew, you know, we have it in us. I have it in me somewhere.
“I mean, what a race coming from virtually last, you know, doing it all over again, from last weekend.
“It’s pretty surreal, to be honest. Not sure how it all happened, but obviously crazy conditions, mixed conditions.
“It was, you know, survival fight for a lot of the race, I think we just were really on it. The right calls, the right tyres in the right moment, made no mistakes. And, quite, quite incredible.”
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Hulkenberg’s podium also saw Sauber move up to sixth place in the constructors’ standings ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in a fortnight.
