Having briefly worked with Nyck de Vries while at McLaren, Sir Lewis Hamilton was delighted to see the Dutchman finally get his shot in Formula 1. The now 27-year-old was still in karting when he became a member of the McLaren young drivers’ programme, and he was involved in simulator testing with the team. The
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Nyck de Vries delivered one of the strongest Formula 1 debuts in recent years, after the Dutchman jumped into Alex Albon’s Williams Saturday morning before FP3 and went on to make it not only to Q2 but also to P9 by the end of the Italian Grand Prix. The Mercedes reserve driver replaced Albon after
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Nyck de Vries got a lot of people talking during his debut in Formula 1 last weekend, but not all of that talk, sadly, is going to be about him. The Dutchman won the 2019 Formula 2 Championship, but there was no room at the Inn in F1, so he turned to Formula E, where
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Williams’ Alex Albon is set to return home after recovering from health complications following surgery. The Thai-British driver was set to contest the Italian Grand Prix last weekend, but came down with appendicitis on Friday night, necessitating surgery. Nyck de Vries, who has taken part in first practice with Aston Martin earlier that weekend, stepped
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Former Formula 1 driver, Timo Glock, reckons that Nyck de Vries is now “clearly” in the mix for a seat on the grid in 2023. The Dutchman did not get his shot in Formula 1 after he won the Formula 2 title in 2019, and he left the McLaren young drivers programme that year after
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Nicholas Latifi believes that Nyck de Vries’ performance at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend was more down to the straight-line speed of the Williams car. Latifi went into the weekend having been out-qualified 13 times by Alex Albon, and he was out-paced by de Vries during the first practice session of the Spanish Grand
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Mercedes’ George Russell has offered his congratulations to Nyck de Vries for the way he performed during the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. De Vries had taken part in a practice session with the British team at the Spanish Grand Prix in May, before Sir Lewis Hamilton stepped aside for the Dutchman in FP1 in
MoreA Formula 1 fan has started a petition asking Williams to drop Nicholas Latifi in favour of Nyck de Vries for the remainder of the 2022 season. Latifi has not had an easy time of it so far this year; he had been out-qualified 13 times in 15 races by team-mate Alex Albon and, while
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Mercedes will be licking their lips following the Italian Grand Prix, with the belief that they’ve already sorted their future driver line-up once Sir Lewis Hamilton retires. Mercedes reserve driver Nyck de Vries put in the performance of his life at Monza last weekend, where he made a late debut replacing Alex Albon at Williams.
MoreMax Verstappen gave Nyck de Vries a “motivational speech” ahead of the 27-year-old’s debut in Formula 1 at the Italian Grand Prix. De Vries is formerly part of the McLaren young drivers’ programme, and won the 2019 Formula 2 title, as well as the 2021 Formula E Championship with Mercedes. However, the Dutchman had never
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