Nyck de Vries

Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver currently competing for Mahindra Racing in Formula E and Toyota Gazoo Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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.

He was signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme from January 2010 until May 2019.

De Vries made his Formula One debut in September 2022 as a substitute for Williams at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.

He joined Scuderia AlphaTauri for the 2023 season but was released after the 2023 British Grand Prix – the 10th race of that 22-race season.

In September he won the 2010 Karting World Championship.

He also won the World Championship in 2011.

In 2012, de Vries switched to single-seaters, being given a cockpit in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at R-ace GP.

De Vries achieved his first podium finish at his debut race in Alcañiz with a second place, and he managed to repeat this result at the Hungaroring.

De Vries finished the season in fifth place, beating all of his teammates.

In addition, de Vries took part in several races of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, in which he managed a victory at his home track in Assen.

He was on the podium four times in eleven starts in the series and ended up tenth in the drivers' standings.

The following year, de Vries switched to Koiranen GP for his second season in the series.

He won one race each at the Hungaroring and the Circuit de Catalunya and again ended the season in fifth place in the championship.

In 2014, de Vries stayed with Koiranen and competed in his third season of the Eurocup.

He won six races and finished on the podium in 11 of 14 races.

With 254 points to 124, he convincingly beat the runner-up Dennis Olsen in the championship.

In addition, he took part in the entire Alpine Formula Renault season.

He won 10 out of 14 races and only failed to make the podium twice.

In 2015, de Vries made the switch to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, racing for DAMS.

He 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 Vaxivière.

De Vries took part in the GP3 Series in 2016 in with ART Grand Prix.

He scored his first podium at the Red Bull Ring with a third place, then obtained his first pole in Budapest.

It wasn't until the second race at Monza that he took his first win, a result he replicated at the Yas Marina Circuit at the end of the season.

He finished sixth in the championship, behind his teammates Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon, who became champion and vice-champion respectively.

In 2017, de Vries switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Rapax.

He achieved his first win in the Monte Carlo sprint race and scored a further three podium finishes before the summer break.

Before the round at Spa-Francorchamps De Vries switched to Racing Engineering, with whom he scored a second place at that very round.

He ended his season seventh in the championship, placing second-highest of all rookies.

For the 2018 season, de Vries moved to partner Sean Gelael at Prema Racing.

His season started slowly with just two podiums from the opening third of the season putting him a fair way behind his title rivals.

De Vries' first victory of the campaign in the sprint race at Le Castellet was followed by a point-less round in Austria and two finishes outside the top five in Silverstone.

Following that however the Dutch driver's form improved, winning the feature races in Hungary and Belgium respectively.

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.

In 2019, de Vries remained in Formula 2, returning to his former team ART Grand Prix alongside 2018 GP3 vice-champion Nikita Mazepin.

His season started in strong fashion with a podium in Baku and a sprint race victory in Barcelona.

He followed that up with a win from pole position in Monaco and took the championship lead by winning the main race at Le Castellet.

A pair of third places at the Red Bull Ring and a podium each in Silverstone and Budapest extended De Vries' advantage, and following another pair of thirds in Monza he had put one hand onto the trophy.

He won the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship and the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship as well as the 2010 and 2011 Karting World Championships.