There’s nothing like rooster tails of winter rains and towering afternoon clouds to serve as a backdrop to a racing car driven by a young German driver on a young Portuguese track.

Although you're probably more interested in the "grid girls" — Team Germany's Nico Hulkenberg took the double win in Taupo, New Zealand, running in first place from start to finish in both the morning Sprint race as well as the afternoon Feature race. The win times two puts Hulkenberg's highly precise team firmly in…