Nyck de Vries

Henricc (Nyck) de Vries
Henricc (Nyck) de Vries
	de Vries in 2019
Nationality	Dutch
Born	6 February 1995; Sneek, Netherlands
Formula E career
Debut season	2019–20
Current team	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team
Car number	17
Starts	11
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2019–20
Previous series
2017–19; 2016; 2015; 2013–14; 2012–14; 2012	FIA Formula 2 Championship; GP3 Series; Formula Renault 3.5 Series; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Championship titles
2019; 2014; 2014	FIA Formula 2 Championship; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps

Nyck de Vries (born 6 February 1995)[1][2] is a Dutch racing driver currently competing in 2019-20 Formula E season for Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team and the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Racing Team Nederland in the LMP2 class. He won the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship as well as the 2010 and 2011 Karting World Championships and in 2014 the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Championships. He was signed to the McLaren young driver programme from January 2010 until May 2019 and Audi Sport racing academy from October 2016 until August 2019. In 2019 he won the FIA Formula 2 World Championship.[2][3][4]

Career

De Vries at the Red Bull Ring during the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship

De Vries driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone

In 2008 De Vries won the WSK World Series for the KF3 category, as well as the German Junior Championship. In 2009 he retained both his German Junior and WSK World Series titles, as well as winning the European KF3 Championship. De Vries was signed by McLaren in January 2010.[3] In September he won the 2010 Karting World Championship. He also won the World Championship in 2011. In 2012 and 2013 he has raced in Formula Renault 20, he raced in 2014 the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Championships. For the 2015 season, De Vries decided to race in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series placing third overall. Making the jump to GP3 for 2016 De Vries raced with ART before moving up to Formula 2 in 2017. Since joining Formula 2, he has raced with 4 teams, with a best result of 4th overall in 2018.[1][2][5]

De Vries was signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme in 2010, and the Audi Sport Racing Academy in 2016, leaving the McLaren Young Driver Programme in 2019 to focus on his duties at Audi until September 2019.

On 11 September 2019, De Vries was announced as a driver for the new Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team for the 2019–20 Formula E season alongside Stoffel Vandoorne.

On 28 September 2019, he won the Russian F2 feature race to take the 2019 Formula 2 Championship driver's title.

De Vries appeared as himself in two episodes of McLaren's animated series Tooned.

On 6 July 2020, De Vries was announced as the Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH test and reserve driver. His roles include testing the Toyota TS050 Hybrid and Toyota's hypercar.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	R-ace GP	14	0	0	1	2	78	5th
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	R-ace GP	11	1	1	2	4	166	10th
2013	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Koiranen GP	14	2	1	2	5	113	5th
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Koiranen GP	6	0	0	0	2	68	8th
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Koiranen GP	14	5	6	5	10	254	1st
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Koiranen GP	14	9	9	10	12	300	1st
2015	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	DAMS	17	1	1	1	6	160	3rd
2016	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	18	2	1	1	5	133	6th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Rapax	13	1	0	0	4	114	7th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Racing Engineering	8	0	0	2	1	114	7th
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	24	3	2	4	6	202	4th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	6	0	0	2	0	64	9th
2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship	ART Grand Prix	22	4	5	3	12	266	1st
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2019–20	Formula E	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	11	0	0	0	1	60	11th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	4	1	0	2	1	60	10th*
2020	European Le Mans Series	G-Drive Racing	1	0	0	1	1	18	5th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2015	DAMS	ALC 1 7	ALC 2 2	MON 1 11	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 2	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 9	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 5	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 Ret	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 3	BUG 1 7	BUG 2 10	JER 1 4	JER 2 1	3rd	160

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2016	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 5	RBR FEA 3	RBR SPR 4	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 20	HUN SPR 13	HOC FEA 2	HOC SPR 8	SPA FEA 3	SPA SPR 8	MNZ FEA 7	MNZ SPR 1	SEP FEA 13	SEP SPR 6	YMC FEA 1	YMC SPR 11	6th	133

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2017	Rapax	BHR FEA 10	BHR SPR 6	CAT FEA 10	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 1	BAK FEA 2	BAK SPR Ret	RBR FEA 13	RBR SPR 16†	SIL FEA DNS	SIL SPR 7	HUN FEA 3	HUN SPR 3											7th	114
2017	Racing Engineering															SPA FEA 5	SPA SPR 2	MNZ FEA 18	MNZ SPR 12	JER FEA 13	JER SPR 6	YMC FEA 4	YMC SPR 9			7th	114
2018	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	BHR FEA 6	BHR SPR 5	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 2	CAT FEA 2	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 9	LEC FEA 5	LEC SPR 1	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 14	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 6	HUN FEA 1	HUN SPR 7	SPA FEA 1	SPA SPR 4	MNZ FEA 9	MNZ SPR 17	SOC FEA 3	SOC SPR 4	YMC FEA 4	YMC SPR 5	4th	202
2019	ART Grand Prix	BHR FEA 6	BHR SPR 7	BAK FEA 2	BAK SPR 4	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 1	MON FEA 1	MON SPR 7	LEC FEA 1	LEC SPR 10	RBR FEA 3	RBR SPR 3	SIL FEA 6	SIL SPR 3	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 6	SPA FEA C	SPA SPR C	MNZ FEA 3	MNZ SPR 3	SOC FEA 1	SOC SPR 2	YMC FEA 13	YMC SPR 13	1st	266

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	Racing Team Nederland	LMP2	Dallara P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	LMS	SIL 5	FUJ 7	SHA 5	SEB 5	SPA 5	LMS 5	9th	64
2019–20	Racing Team Nederland	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	FUJ 1	SHA 5	BHR 5	COA 5	SPA	LMS	BHR	10th*	60*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Racing Team Nederland	Giedo van der Garde Frits van Eerd	Dallara P217-Gibson	LMP2	340	26th	15th

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2019–20	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	Spark SRT05e	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	DIR 6	DIR 16	SCL 5	MEX Ret	MRK 11	BER 4	BER Ret	BER 18	BER 4	BER 14	BER 2	11th	60

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2020	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Aurus 01	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 2	SPA	CAT	MNZ	ALG	5th*	18*

^* Season still in progress.

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References

"Nyck De Vries: Racedriver biography — career and success". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
"McLaren Formula 1 - Profile: Nyck de Vries". McLaren Mercedes. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
"McLaren sign young karter Nyck de Vries". Formula 1. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
Wood, Elliot (6 May 2019). "Nyck de Vries' split with McLaren confirmed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
"McLaren Racing - Profile: Nyck de Vries". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
https://racing.tgr-europe.com/?p=54276. Retrieved 7 July 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Antonio Fuoco	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Champion 2014	Succeeded by Jack Aitken
Preceded by Pierre Gasly	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2014	Succeeded by Jack Aitken
Preceded by George Russell	FIA Formula 2 Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[speedsport-1] "Nyck De Vries: Racedriver biography — career and success". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[mclaren-2] "McLaren Formula 1 - Profile: Nyck de Vries". McLaren Mercedes. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[formula1.com-3] "McLaren sign young karter Nyck de Vries". Formula 1. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[4] Wood, Elliot (6 May 2019). "Nyck de Vries' split with McLaren confirmed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[5] "McLaren Racing - Profile: Nyck de Vries". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[6] ttps://racing.tgr-europe.com/?p=54276. Retrieved 7 July 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)