In accordance with AlphaTauri workforce principal Franz Tost, Nyck de Vries ought to be ready to attain factors from the early phases of his rookie F1 season and develop a “nice” one-off efficiency in 2022.
De Vries stepped into F1 full-time with Tost’s squad in 2023, following spectacular scores ultimately 12 months’s Italian Grand Prix, the place he changed Williams driver Alex Albon.
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Evaluating the potential of AlphaTauri’s new signing after its launch for the brand new AT04 competitor, Tost stated: “Nyck has solely raced in a single Components 1 race at Monza final 12 months the place he carried out brilliantly.
“Nonetheless, he has lots of racing expertise, he has gained races and championships in lots of classes through which he participates. Subsequently, I’m assured that he’ll be capable to produce good leads to the season quickly. ending the races with factors.”
Relating to how he expects his new signature to fulfill the calls for of automotive growth all through the whole marketing campaign, Tost stated: “Nyck is technically very proficient and targeted. He gave good technical suggestions to the engineers as we drove our automotive within the Abu Dhabi junior driver check on the finish of final season.
“I feel he’ll perceive the brand new automotive instantly. He’ll get used to it shortly and his suggestions will probably be useful as a result of, as I stated earlier than, he understands the technical challenges of Components 1 vehicles. I imagine he is without doubt one of the most adept drivers when it comes to technical understanding of the automotive.”
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In the meantime, De Vries expressed his pleasure at having a wealthy motorsport expertise, from single-seaters to endurance races, following and beneath a protracted F1 route, the place he was on the grid full-time on the age of 28. .
When requested what he appears ahead to most in his rookie F1 marketing campaign, the previous F2 and Components E champion replied, “Above all, getting the chance to stay my dream, however being equally excited and motivated to carry out and ship.” .
“I feel partly as a result of my journey has been a bit unconventional and longer, I am much more grateful for the chance, extra motivated to grab it, and extra hungry to indicate my price.”
Regardless of his earlier F1 expertise, he continued: “I would nonetheless say I am a rookie. In fact I’ve had the privilege of driving lots of totally different vehicles, however I do not assume the advantages are rather more than monitor time as a result of it was truly very restricted.
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“I feel having expertise working with totally different groups in numerous environments would add lots of worth, however when it comes to pure monitor and race time, I feel I’ve much less of this 12 months’s rookies. [McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, 21, and Williams’ Logan Sargeant, 22].
“However I am just a little older and have had the chance to compete in numerous championships, so it is a stage of expertise that provides some worth.”
De Vries will spend his rookie F1 season alongside Yuki Tsunoda, and the duo are aiming to raise AlphaTauri from the P9 and the penultimate spot within the 2022 builders rankings.
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