1. Nyck de Vries finished third in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series before winning multiple races in the 2016 GP3 Series.
53 Facts About Nyck de Vries
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De Vries progressed to FIA Formula 2 for its inaugural 2017 season, winning the title in his third season, driving for ART.
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De Vries graduated to sportscar racing that year, competing in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Nederland.
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Nyck de Vries took his first class win the following season at Fuji, before joining Formula E with the recently established Mercedes team in 2019.
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Alongside his successes in Formula E, de Vries became a race-winner in the European Le Mans Series with G-Drive in 2020 and 2021.
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Hendrik Johannes Nicasius de Vries was born on 6 February 1995 in Uitwellingerga, Friesland, Netherlands.
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In 2008, de Vries won the WSK World Series for the KF3 category, as well as the German Junior Championship.
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In 2012, de Vries switched to single-seaters, being given a cockpit in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at R-ace GP.
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De Vries achieved his first podium finish at his debut race in Alcaniz with a second place, and he managed to repeat this result at the Hungaroring.
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De Vries finished the season in fifth place, beating all of his teammates.
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Nyck de Vries was on the podium four times in eleven starts in the series and ended up tenth in the drivers' standings.
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Nyck de Vries won one race each at the Hungaroring and the Circuit de Catalunya and again ended the season in fifth place in the championship.
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In 2014, de Vries stayed with Koiranen and competed in his third season of the Eurocup.
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Nyck de Vries won six races and finished on the podium in 11 of 14 races.
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Nyck de Vries won 10 out of 14 races and only failed to make the podium twice.
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In 2015, de Vries made the switch to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, racing for DAMS.
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Nyck de Vries was on the podium five times before winning the final race of the season at the Circuito de Jerez, putting him third in the final standings with 160 points, only placing behind Oliver Rowland and Matthieu Vaxiviere.
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De Vries took part in the GP3 Series in 2016 in with ART Grand Prix.
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Nyck de Vries scored his first podium at the Red Bull Ring with a third place, then obtained his first pole in Budapest.
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Nyck de Vries finished sixth in the championship, behind his teammates Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon, who became champion and vice-champion respectively.
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In 2017, de Vries switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Rapax.
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Nyck de Vries achieved his first win in the Monte Carlo sprint race and scored a further three podium finishes before the summer break.
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Nyck de Vries ended his season seventh in the championship, placing second-highest of all rookies.
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Nyck de Vries's season started slowly with just two podiums from the opening third of the season putting him a fair way behind his title rivals.
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However, even with his sixth podium of the season in the Sochi feature race, de Vries was unable to finish in the top three in the standings, being beaten by Alex Albon and Lando Norris by ten and 17 points respectively.
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In 2019, de Vries remained in Formula 2, returning to his former team ART Grand Prix alongside 2018 GP3 vice-champion Nikita Mazepin.
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Nyck de Vries's season started in strong fashion with a podium in Baku and a sprint race victory in Barcelona.
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Nyck de Vries followed that up with a win from pole position in Monaco and took the championship lead by winning the main race at Le Castellet.
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On 15 March 2018, de Vries signed for Racing Team Nederland to compete in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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On 6 July 2020, de Vries was announced as the Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH test and reserve driver.
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Nyck de Vries's roles include testing the Toyota TS050 Hybrid and Toyota's hypercar.
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At the round in Rome De Vries failed to score points in both races, having collided with his teammate Vandoorne and Sam Bird respectively in the two races.
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De Vries achieved his second victory of the season in Valencia, where he was one of the only drivers to not run out of usable energy before the end of the race.
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De Vries finished the race in eighth place, thus winning his first ever World Championship in Formula E The Dutchman ended the campaign with a total of two wins, four podiums and 99 points, seven ahead of vice-champion Mortara.
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De Vries left at the end of the season, securing a contract to compete in Formula One.
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De Vries was signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme in 2010, and the Audi Sport Racing Academy in 2016.
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Nyck de Vries left McLaren before the 2019 season to focus on his duties at Audi, where he stayed until September 2019.
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Nyck de Vries made his Formula 1 practice debut at the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, where he took Alex Albon's place at Williams for the hour-long session.
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De Vries even had a seat fitting with the McLaren car.
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At the Italian Grand Prix, de Vries took part in first practice in place of Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin.
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De Vries then replaced Alex Albon at Williams for each of third practice, qualifying, and the race, after Albon suffered appendicitis and was ruled out on Saturday morning.
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Nyck de Vries managed to advance to Q2 and qualify thirteenth, ahead of his Williams teammate Nicholas Latifi.
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Nyck de Vries started eighth after penalties were applied to multiple drivers.
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Nyck de Vries finished the race in ninth position, scoring points on his race debut and was rewarded with Driver of the Day by fans.
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De Vries was signed by Scuderia AlphaTauri for the 2023 season, replacing Alpine-bound Pierre Gasly.
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Nyck de Vries crashed out of the main race on lap 10 after clipping the wall at turn 5.
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Nyck de Vries drove into the back of Lando Norris' McLaren at the start of the race, ending his chance of a good result.
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Nyck de Vries finished the race 18th and 24 seconds behind Tsunoda.
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Nyck de Vries finished 17th in the main race after receiving a 15-second time penalty for numerous track limit infringements and another 5-second penalty for forcing Magnussen off track for the second race in a row.
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Two days after the Silverstone race, de Vries was released by AlphaTauri with Daniel Ricciardo replacing him for the rest of the season.
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De Vries took part in an IndyCar test with Meyer Shank Racing at Sebring International Raceway on 6 December 2021, alongside his Formula E teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, who tested for Arrow McLaren SP, Callum Ilott and Jack Aitken.
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Nyck de Vries set the fastest times in the test amongst the four drivers.
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In 2024, De Vries would take part in two of the final three rounds in Motegi and Fuji Speedway, thus making his Super Formula debut with Team Impul.