"You're only as sexy as your last race," says Nico Hulkenberg when it's put to him that he's suddenly back in fashion in Formula 1. And he's right.

After all, Hulkenberg is a driver who has played many roles since being signed as Williams test driver back in 2007.

He's been the hot-shot rising star, blazing a Lewis Hamilton-esque trail through the junior categories before becoming a rookie pole-winning sensation with Williams in 2010. Then he was on the bench, a hard-done-by victim after the arrival of Pastor Maldonado and a bagful of Venezuelan bolivars in 2011 before becoming a midfield star on the brink of a move to a big team with Force India and Sauber.

About Edd Straw

Edd Straw is a former Editor and Editor-in-Chief of Autosport, who is now Motorsport Network’s Digital Content Manager.

Originally from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, he joined Autosport in 2002 having graduated from Warwick University. He went on to cover a wide range of categories from club motorsport to the World Touring Car Championship and Le Mans to Formula 3 before switching to F1 full-time at the 2008 French Grand Prix. He then became Autosport Magazine Editor in November 2014.

After becoming Editor-in-Chief of Autosport in June 2016, he took up his current wider Motorsport Network role in October the following year and continues to contribute as a writer, F1 correspondent and as host of The Autosport Podcast.

In his spare time, he was formerly a club racer whose abilities did not match his enthusiasm in a variety of categories ranging from Stock Hatch to the European Ferrari Challenge.