Hulkenberg keen to take on new challenge at Renault

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Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg has insisted his move to Renault is a great opportunity to finally attain some of the success that he's been looking for ever since he arrived in Formula One in 2010.

Despite over one hundred Grand Prix starts, the 29-year-old is still looking for his first victory and feels that a change is required if he is to move forward to new levels of success in the sport.

"I firmly believe that it's the right step in my career at this point," he said on Thursday.

"I've feel I've come a long way with Force India, it's my fifth year with them, we've had some good seasons together, but I felt it was time for a new challenge.

"Since I came to Formula One I've always wanted to race for a manufacturer team and this was a really good opportunity. Timing was pretty good too, so it was a good decision for myself."

Hulkenberg will be moving on from Force India following a string of good results with the team, which is currently looked in a battle for mid-field supremacy with Williams.

"I think a good, strong car," he said when asked for the secret of his recent success. "It always makes things easier. I feel the team has done a really good job to develop the car, and the car's really become an all-rounder.

"If it's high downforce or low downforce track, or low speed/high speed, we're always in the top ten somewhere and really become a strong contender behind the top three teams.

"It's just the result of some good, hard work," he added.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.