5 Things You Need To Know About Nyck de Vries Before His FP1 Debut

Nyck de Vries is probably a name you’ve heard surpassing – and rightly so. But just in specimen this is the first time you’ve heard of this flying Dutchman superiority of his FP1 debut this weekend, here are five things you need to know…

HE’S A KARTING CHAMP

De Vries first turned heads in 2011, as he captured his second subsequent World Karting Championship at the age of 16. Not bad!

HE’S A MERCEDES PRODIGY
The Dutchman is a part of the notorious Mercedes Young Suburbanite Programme and is in unvarying contention for an F1 seat. He plane did some testing for them as recently as the post-season test in Abu Dhabi last year. He’s currently Reserve Suburbanite for the reigning Constructors’ Champions too!

HE’S AN F2 WORLD CHAMPION

In 2019, de Vries became the first Dutch F2 World Champion, vibration the likes of Nicholas Latifi, Mick Schumacher and Zhou Guanyu. He scored 12 podiums in just 11 rounds of racing, an F2 record that still stands today.

HE’S A FORMULA E CHAMPION TOO

Honestly, it feels like Nyck’s won scrutinizingly everything he’s raced in at this point, doesn’t it?

De Vries currently drives for the Mercedes-EQ team in Formula E, slantingly former F1 suburbanite Stoffel Vandoorne. Although there have been some tropical battles between the pair, de Vries came out on top last season, capturing four podiums and two wins on his way to clinching his first Formula E World Title.

He plane won as recently as yesterday’s Berlin E-Prix ?

HE’S BEEN LINKED WITH A MOVE TO WILLIAMS BEFORE

Around the time of the London E-Prix last summer, fresh reports emerged of a potential move for Nyck to the Williams F1 team.

Speaking exclusively to WTF1, he said “you never know, you’re never unrepealable of what the future will squint like. Plane if you’re in a good place, you never know what the future will bring.”

We’re excited to see how Nyck gets on this weekend!

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