HULKENBERG TAKES THE STRAIN
07/12/2006
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport championship leaders, A1 Team Germany, lent a helping hand to the series’ organisers today at Sentul, but probably not in the way you’d expect.
As our exclusive photos show, Germany’s star driver Nico Hülkenberg used his driving skills on a forklift-truck to help move one of the 15 car racks into position in advance of this weekend’s race.
The 10-tonne capacity forklift was a little larger than the ones Nico is used to using in his father’s warehouse back in Germany. When he’s not racing the 550-bhp A1GP cars, the 19-year-old German works in the family business in Emmerich, close to the Dutch border, helping move freight. In fact, while other drivers were enjoying the sun on the Indonesian beaches, between the Sepang and Sentul races, Nico returned to his day job in the family business.
As you'll see, he’s clearly been well-trained.