Motor racing-New start for the only Nico on 2017 F1 grid


Britain Formula One - F1 - 2017 Renault Formula One Car Launch - The Lindley Hall, London - 21/2/17 Renault's Jolyon Palmer and Nico Hulkenberg unveil the new car Reuters / Alan Walter Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One's 'other German Nico' is now the only one racing this season, following the sudden retirement of world champion Nico Rosberg, and Nico Hulkenberg is fired up for a new start with Renault.

The 29-year-old Hulkenberg has joined from Force India, who punched above their weight last season to finish a best-ever fourth and comfortably ahead of ninth-placed Renault, and has no doubt he made the right career move.

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