Nyck de Vries

Nyck de Vries at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg in 2018

Nyck de Vries at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

Nyck de Vries (born February 6, 1995 in Sneek ) is a Dutch automobile racing driver . He is a two-time karting world champion (2010 and 2011). From 2012 to 2014 he competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , which he won in 2014. In 2017 he made his debut in the FIA Formula 2 Championship , which he won in 2019. He has been a regular driver in Formula E for Mercedes since the end of 2019 . In addition, Toyota Motorsport has been test and reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship since summer 2020 .

Career

De Vries began his motorsport career at the age of four in karting , where he was active until 2011. Among other things, he won the KF3 WSK International Series in 2008 and became a German junior kart champion . In 2009 he defended the title and also won the KF3-CIK-FIA European Championship. At the beginning of 2010, de Vries was accepted into the sponsorship program of the Formula 1 racing team McLaren and Anthony Hamilton took over his management. 2010 de Vries won the Kart World Championship for the first time . In 2011 he repeated this success and also won the KF1-WSK-Euro-Series .

In 2012 de Vries switched to formula racing . He received a cockpit in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup at R-Ace GP . In the test drives before the season, he immediately set the fastest time. De Vries achieved his first podium finish right away in his debut race in Alcañiz with a second place. In the further course of the season he managed to repeat this result on the Hungaroring . De Vries finished the season in fifth place overall and was the best driver in his team. In addition, de Vries took part in some races of the northern European Formula Renault for R-Ace GP . He managed to win in Assen . He was on the podium four times in eleven starts in the series and was tenth in the drivers' standings at the end of the season. In 2013 de Vries switched to Koiranen GP within the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . He won one race each on the Hungaroring and the Circuit de Catalunya . He reached the podium in five races and finished the season again in fifth place in the championship. De Vries had scored 113 out of 120 points for his racing team and was significantly stronger than his teammates. In addition, de Vries took part in three Alpine Formula Renault events for Koiranen GP . He achieved two second places and was eighth in the drivers' championship. In 2014, de Vries stayed at Koiranen GP and contested his third season in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. He won six races and was on the podium in 11 of 14 races. With 254 to 124 points, he clearly prevailed in the championship against second Dennis Olsen . He also took part in the entire Alpine Formula Renault season. He won 10 out of 14 races and only missed the podium twice. With 300 to 199 points, he also won well ahead of second-placed Charles Leclerc .

In 2015 , de Vries competed for DAMS in the Formula Renault 3.5 . At the last race of the season in Jerez , he achieved his first victory. He finished the season in third place overall. With 148 to 130 points he prevailed internally against Dean Stoneman . In 2016 , de Vries switched to the GP3 series at ART Grand Prix with support from McLaren . He won two races and was on the podium five times. While his teammate Charles Leclerc won the championship, de Vries was sixth overall.

In 2017 de Vries switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship , in which he first competed for Rapax . With Rapax he won the sprint race in Monaco and achieved a total of 4 podium finishes. From the races on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , he switched to racing engineering . He finished the season with 114 points in 7th place. In 2018 he returned to Formula 2 for Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing . He won 3 races and finished the season in 4th place. In 2019 he started for the ART Grand Prix and won the championship early.

statistics

Career stations

1999–2011: karting 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (5th place) 2012: Northern European Formula Renault (10th place) 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (5th place)

2013: Alpine Formula Renault (8th place) 2014: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (champion) 2014: Alpine Formula Renault (champion) 2015 : Formula Renault 3.5 (3rd place)

2016 : GP3 series (6th place) 2017 : Formula 2 (7th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (4th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (champions)

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2015	DAMS	ALC		MON	SPA		HUN		SPI		SIL		ONLY		LMS		JRZ		148	3.
		7th	2	11	9	2	11	9	3	5	4th	DNF	2	3	7th	10	4th	1

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	ART Grand Prix	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		133	6th
		9	5	3	4th	5	8th	20th	13	2	8th	3	8th	7th	1	13	6th	1	11

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2017	Rapax	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				114	7th
		10	6th	10	DNF	7th	1	2	DNF	13	16 *	DNS	7th	3	3
	Racing engineering															5	2	18th	12	13	6th	4th	9
2018	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		202	4th
		6th	5	DNF	2	2	DNF	DNF	9	5	1	DNF	14th	7th	6th	1	7th	1	4th	9	17th	3	4th	4th	5
2019	ART Grand Prix	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		266	1.
		6th	7th	2	4th	5	1	1	7th	1	10	3	3	6th	3	2	6th	C.	C.	3	3	1	2	13	13

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	Racing Team Nederland	Dallara P217	Giedo van der Garde	Frits van Eerd	Rank 26

Web links

Commons : Nyck de Vries  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Nyck de Vries (Dutch)
• Career statistics from Nyck de Vries (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nyck de Vries becomes a reserve driver at Toyota
2. ↑ “about / Career” ( memento of the original dated February 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (nyckevries.nl; accessed March 4, 2012) 
3. ↑ "McLaren sign young karter Nyck de Vries." formula1.com, January 21, 2010, accessed November 15, 2013 . 
4. ↑ http://www.kartcafe.it/content.php/675-Nick-De-Vries-World-Champion-of-KF1. (Link not available)
5. ↑ “Eurocup FR2.0: Nyck de Vries tekent bij R-Ace GP”. autosport.nl, January 22, 2012, accessed November 15, 2013 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Test a Valencia - 1 ° giorno De Vries impressiona, subito leader ( Memento from July 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ^ Glenn Freeman: McLaren junior Nyck de Vries joins DAMS for 2015 FR3.5 season. autosport.com, October 20, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
8. Jump up ↑ Peter Mills: Jerez Formula Renault 3.5: McLaren protege de Vries gets first win. autosport.com, October 18, 2015, accessed November 3, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Peter Allen: Nyck de Vries gets ART GP3 drive for 2016. paddockscout.com, February 24, 2016, accessed on February 24, 2016 (English). 
10. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Rapax to field Cecotto and McLaren junior de Vries in F2 2017. motorsport.com, March 11, 2017, accessed on March 12, 2017 (English). 
11. ↑ David Gruz: De Vries, Deletraz switch places for rest of season F2. motorsport.com, August 23, 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Alex Kalinauckas: McLaren's de Vries joins 2018 Prema F2 line-up. motorsport.com, November 27, 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Peter Allen: Nyck de Vries makes ART switch for 2019 F2 season. Formula Scout, November 29, 2018, accessed on December 9, 2018 .