2016 Hungarian Grand Prix - Driver ratings

Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Hungarian Grand Prix - Race Day - Budapest, Hungary

Nico Hulkenberg - 10th place, 1 point - 5/10

After Q2 the weekend was looking promising for Force India, so a return of just one point is a disappointment. Hulkenberg felt the balance of his car went away in Q3 and thought sixth on the grid could have been possible with a good lap, but ended up dropping from ninth to tenth on the opening lap as he lost out to Bottas. Getting stuck in traffic hurt him further and then a mistake at his final pit stop - where he let the clutch slip - allowed Jolyon Palmer to get ahead of him. Was lucky an error from Palmer handed him the final point back.