Nico Hulkenberg's wife Egle Ruskyte reacts to Sauber driver's maiden F1 podium

Nico Hulkenberg's wife, Egle Ruskyte, has reacted to her husband's first-ever F1 podium. Sharing her reaction on social media, she dropped an emotional message for the Kick Sauber driver as the latter finished the British GP in P3.

After 239 race starts, Hulkenberg picked up his first podium in his career and ended his streak of never achieving one. The German driver's podium at Silverstone was an incredible one, given he started all the way from the back.

Despite the presence of Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, and Max Verstappen, it was the Sauber driver with a much inferior car who ended up in third place. Thanks to a brilliant strategy by the team and two quick pit stops, Hulkenberg, who started from P19, was in P9 by Lap 2.

And from there on, consistency, race craft, and Max Verstappen's slip-up in Lap 21 did the job for him. As Hulkenberg crossed the finish line behind Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, Ruskyte could not hold her excitement and shared her thoughts.

"The day we will never forget. Love you @hulkhulkenberg," she mentioned in her Instagram story.

Here's the screenshot of Egle Ruskyte's Instagram story:

Credit: Egle Ruskyte on Instagram (@egle_hulkenberg)

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen wrapped up the top five, while Pierre Gasly, Lance Stroll, Alex Albon, Fernando Alonso, and George Russell completed the Top 10. Hulkenberg's teammate, Gabriel Bortoleto, faced a DNF and was out of the race by Lap 5.

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Nico Hulkenberg shared his thoughts after picking up first ever podium

Following the completion of the British GP, Nico Hulkenberg let his feelings be known and opened up about the race. Here's what he said about the rain-soaked race at Silverstone (via ESPN):

Nico Hulkenberg of Kick Sauber takes the third place - Source: Getty

"What a race. Coming from virtually last, doing it all over again from last weekend. It's pretty surreal, to be honest. I'm not sure how it all happened, but obviously crazy, mixed conditions. It was a survival fight for a lot of the race. I think we just were really on it with the right calls, the right tyres in the right moment, made no mistakes -- quite incredible.

"I was in denial until probably the last pit stop, but then when I heard we gapped Lewis quite a bit with the one extra lap, I was like, 'ok, this is good, this is some breathing space.' But then he was catching quite quickly, so the pressure was there. It was an intense race but we didn't crack, no mistakes, and obviously really, really happy with that. I was thinking that he's going to give it all in front of his home crowd, and I was like, 'sorry guys, but it's also my day.' I had to stick my neck out. I'm super happy."

Thanks to his P3, Nico Hulkenberg picked up 15 important points and jumped to P9 in the Drivers' Championship with 37 points.