Selfish Norris, Piastri slammed for ignoring Nico Hulkenberg on British GP podium
An ecstatic Hulkenberg, however, did not care as he was showered with love by the likes of Mercedes and Aston Martin, who hand-delivered special bottles of champagne to the racer."I don't think I can comprehend what we've just done," he said over the team radio after taking third place."Congratulations on the first podium. - Your Mercedes Team."lovely gesture by Mercedes who prepared a special package for Nico's first podium. pic.twitter.com/QnxkMH10Qa— tami. (@Vetteleclerc) July 6, 2025Hulkenberg did it in fairytale fashion. He started last on the grid, in 19th place, with Alpine's Franco Colapinto lining up in the pitlane, for Swiss-based Sauber.Thanks to clever strategy and pitting at absolutely the right time, Hulkenberg took Sauber to their first podium in 13 years and also became the team's all-time lowest-starting top-three finisher."It feels good. It's been a long time coming, hasn't it?" said Hulkenberg, rather stating the obvious, after tumultuous pitlane celebrations."I always knew we have it in us, I had it in me somewhere... it's pretty surreal, to be honest. Not sure how it all happened, but obviously crazy conditions, mixed conditions. It was a survival fight for a lot of the race."I think we just were really on it. The right calls, the right tyres, at the right moment. Made no mistakes and, yeah, quite incredible."advertisementWith nine-time British GP winner Lewis Hamilton in fourth place for Ferrari, it had seemed inevitable that Hulkenberg would be reeled in and his day would end yet again as a story of what might have been.Instead, it became a tale of triumph against the odds for a future works Audi team on the up and now riding high in sixth place overall.- Ends
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