The marketing campaign forward will mark the ultimate 12 months earlier than the squad turns into Audi’s works outfit in 2026, and Hulkenberg gave an perception into what the goals are for Kick Sauber in 2025 with that long-term view in thoughts.
“In some methods it’s a constructing 12 months,” the 37-year-old mentioned. “Our goal is to be aggressive and to clearly rating as many factors as attainable. You at all times have to recollect the place we got here from final 12 months – it’s a tough type of start line.
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“The staff and us, we’ve been pushing over the winter however proper now we will clearly solely speculate the place we’re, the place all people else is. For us the motto is head down, push arduous, work arduous and maximise every part on and off observe. [We’ll] go for the alternatives after they come.
“It’s clearly an extended street forward, with the method began now, and behind the scenes many issues are already ongoing with respect to subsequent 12 months, which is a giant factor and thrilling, particularly for myself, being German with a German producer and works staff. A number of issues to sit up for, and [I] sit up for getting the season began quickly.”