Hulk completes Sauber move

Force India's German driver Nico Hulkenberg will race for Sauber next year, the Swiss-based Formula One team announced on Wednesday.The team have yet to confirm their second driver, with Mexican Sergio Perez leaving for McLaren to replace Lewis Hamilton — off to Mercedes — and Japan's Kamui Kobayashi facing an uncertain future.

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, the current test and reserve driver in a heavily Mexican-backed team, appears the frontrunner for the second seat and will take part in a young driver test after this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Hulkenberg, 25, won the GP2 support series in 2009 and had a debut season at Williams in 2010 before being dropped to make way for well-funded Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado last year. He returned this season with Force India.

Wednesday's announcement had been an open secret in the paddock for weeks."We've been observing Nico for some time now and his performances have been very persuasive," Sauber principal Monisha Kaltenborn said. "That was the case in GP2 and has continued into Formula One."

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