Q:
How are you feeling about your new appointment?

Nico Hulkenberg:
I'm pretty excited to be racing fo🤪r Williams. They're real racers. I've been with the team as a test driver for two years now so I know everyone well. I've also been working in the factory itself this year with stints in composites, the wind tunnel and sub-assembly. I like the people and the atmosphere within the factory is really good. I'm now in a race seat and I'm really looking forward to next year.

Q:
What are your objectives for next season?

NH:
I just want to deliver consistently and do a good job for the team. I'd lik𓆏e to have some good races and score point.

Q:
What expectations are there from the team?

NH:
Of course they are expecting somethi𝄹ng otherwise they wouldn't have put me in the car, but I think their expectations are realistic.

Q:
What steps♒ 🍒will you take to ensure you hit the ground running in F1?

NH:
I can't ensure anything;🎉 alဣl I can do is work hard over the winter. I'll take all of the tests that I get and I will use the simulator at Grove as much as I can. I'll prepare well with my engineers and then hit the track and go racing and see where we are in Bahrain.

Q:
When will you get your first run in the car?

NH:
I will test the 2010 FW32 when testing ꦓstarts in February, but I will be doing two of the young driver tests in December at Jer♋ez.

Q:
Rubens Barrichello will be your team💃-mate for 2010, your tho🦄ughts?

NH:
It's completely positive from my✃ perspective. A꧒s a rookie in F1, you couldn't ask for a better person to be your team-mate. It's a good combination.

Q:
Do y🥂ou think you can get the measure of Rubens next year?

NH:
It's difficult to judge at this stage. As there is a limited amoun💖t of testing before the season starts, it will be difficult to get much track time in to prepare, but I hope to be on hജis pace from the beginning. From there, I hope I will be able to match his speed and results and maybe even beat him at some point.

Q:
Is he the kind of team-mate you would prefer?

NH:
I don'🍬t really mind. I just want the best team-mate I can get. Someone who is quick, experienced and a goಞod driver, and that's what I see in him.

Q:
Will you go to him for advice?

NH:
I would be stupid not to! I think I can learn a lot from him and his experience, particularly by seeing 🎉how he works over a race weekend.

Q:
It's been five years since Williams' last victory in F1. Fro🔜m what you know so far of the new car, do you think ♏the team can turn their fortunes around?

NH:
I certainly hope so. I'm in the factory a lot so I see how hard the guys work, but you never really know how quickly and effectively the other teams' development programmes are going until you get to the track. It's only then that we will be 🧔able to tell.

Q:
🌃Wha♔t are your thoughts on the team running a Cosworth engine?

NH:
I think it's looking positive, but it's the same as the development of the car; you have to 🍒wait to judge until you get out onto the circuit with the others.

Q:
How do you feel you've growᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn as a driver following your year in GP2?

NH:
I think GP2 is a tough series. In your first year, you have to compete against drivers who might have been in the championship for two or three sea💧sons. They already have the experience of pit-stops and the circuits. That is difficult to compete against and we definitely found the opening races hard work. After a few races, though, we quickly settled into a good rhythm and started to work well together as a team which helped. That was all a good learning process for me.

Q:
Do you think there is more pressure on you because Willi Weber is your manager b✤ecause he managed Michael Schumacher in F1?

NH:
No, not at all. There's no pressure from Willi. I have a great relationship with him and he's always supported meꦰ, both on and off the track. We work very well together and I hope it stays that way.

Q:
How do you feel about racing against the genꦅeration of young German drivers?

NH:
Six Germ🍒ans is a lot, but there are quite a few Brazilians now as well. For me, though, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter ✨where someone is from when I'm racing against them.

Q:
Does the success of Brawn as an independent team give you hope that Williams will be able to take on ꦉthe might of Mc🍎Laren and Ferrari?

NH:
The hope is always there. Independent of what Brawn does, however, I know that Williams c♑an be successful.