Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch

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, who competes in the

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for

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and in

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for Mahindra. In

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, De Vries competed in

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at 11 Grands Prix from to , and won the

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with Mercedes. Born and raised in Uitwellingerga, De Vries began competitive

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aged nine. After a successful karting career—culminating in back-to-back victories at the direct-drive

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in 2010 and 2011—De Vries graduated to junior formulae. Signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme from 2010 to 2019, De Vries won his first championship at the Formula Renault Eurocup in

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with Koiranen. He finished third in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series before winning multiple races in the 2016 GP3 Series. De Vries progressed to FIA Formula 2 for its inaugural season, winning the title in his third season, driving for

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. De Vries graduated to

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that year, competing in the

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class of the

with Nederland. He took his first class win the following season at Fuji, before joining

with the recently established Mercedes team in

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. In his second season, De Vries took multiple victories as he won his maiden

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. Alongside his successes in Formula E, De Vries also became a race-winner in the

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with G-Drive in

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and

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. A test and reserve driver for Williams, Mercedes,

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and

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, De Vries made his Formula One debut with the former at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix, as a substitute for

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. After scoring a points finish on his debut, he joined AlphaTauri for but was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo after 10 rounds. De Vries moved back to Formula E with Mahindra for his campaign, and signed for

in the Hypercar class of WEC in , winning the 6 Hours of Imola.

Early and personal life

Hendrik Johannes Nicasius de Vries was born on 6 February 1995 in Uitwellingerga,

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, Netherlands.

Junior racing career

Karting

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. In September he won the 2010

. He also won the World Championship in 2011.

Formula Renault Eurocup

2012

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

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. 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

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. 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

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

2013

The following year, De Vries switched to

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for his second season in the

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. He won one race each at the

and the

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and again ended the season in fifth place in the championship.

2014

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.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In 2015, De Vries made the switch to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, racing for

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. He was on the podium five times before winning the final race of the season at the

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, putting him third in the final standings with 160 points, only placing behind

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and Matthieu Vaxivière.

GP3 Series

De Vries took part in the GP3 Series in 2016 in with

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. He scored his first podium at the

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with a third place, then obtained his first pole in

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. It wasn't until the second race at

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that he took his first win, a result he replicated at the

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at the end of the season. He finished sixth in the championship, behind his teammates

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and

, who became champion and vice-champion respectively.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In 2017, De Vries switched to the

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with

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. He achieved his first win in the

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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.

2018

For the 2018 season, De Vries moved to partner Sean Gelael at

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. 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

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and two finishes outside the top five in

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

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and

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respectively. However, even with his sixth podium of the season in the

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feature race, de Vries was unable to finish in the top three in the standings, being beaten by Alex Albon and

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by ten and 17 points respectively.

2019

In 2019, De Vries remained in

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, returning to his former team

alongside 2018 GP3 vice-champion Nikita Mazepin. His season started in strong fashion with a podium in

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and a sprint race victory in

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. He followed that up with a win from pole position in

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and took the championship lead by winning the main race at Le Castellet. A pair of third places at the

and a podium each in

and

extended De Vries' advantage, and following another pair of thirds in

he had put one hand onto the trophy. After his fourth and final victory of the season, which came at the penultimate round in

, De Vries was mathematically crowned Formula 2 champion.

Sportscar racing career

Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 de Vries Silverstone 2018

On 15 March 2018, de Vries signed for Racing Team Nederland to compete in the LMP2 class of the

. He later remained with the team for the 2019–20 season, partnering Giedo van der Garde and bronze-ranked Frits van Eerd. De Vries and his teammates won the 6 Hours of Fuji, thus taking the team's first win in the series. This result helped Racing Team Nederland to end up fourth in the LMP2 standings. On 6 July 2020, de Vries was announced as the Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH test and reserve driver. His roles include testing the

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and Toyota's hypercar. The same year saw him competing in three rounds of the

with G-Drive Racing, scoring a podium and fastest lap combo at Le Castellet and winning the season finale at the

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. During the test week prior to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans the ACO officials prohibited TDS Racing x Vaillante driver Philippe Cimadomo from starting. Due to his reserve role for the Toyota Hypercar team, de Vries was already at the circuit and was asked to step in. The Dutch driver ended up finishing fourth in class alongside Mathias Beche and Tijmen van der Helm, setting the fastest top 20 average laptime. On 20 November 2023, de Vries was announced as one of the primary drivers for the #7

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Hypercar, replacing the outgoing

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. Having qualified second for the season-opening race in

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, de Vries managed to take his first overall WEC victory at

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, profiting from an impressive stint by veteran teammate

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. de Vries would finish second overall at

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taking his first podium at Le Mans.

Formula E career

Mercedes-EQ (2019–2022)

2019–20 season

Near the end of 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, having failed to find a seat in F1. The Dutchman scored a single podium, finishing second behind his teammate at the final Berlin ePrix race, to end up 11th overall with 60 points.

2020–21 season

For the 2020–21 season, de Vries continued at the renamed Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team with Stoffel Vandoorne. He qualified on pole for the first race of the season-opening Diriyah ePrix double-header, proceeding to lead every lap en route to his first-ever victory in the series. Before the second race De Vries did not take part in qualifying as Mercedes and Venturi Racing, who were both using Mercedes powertrains, were suspended from the session following the crash of Edoardo Mortara during a practice start procedure. In the race, the Dutchman finished ninth after penalties were issued to multiple cars. At the round in

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De Vries failed to score points in both races, having collided with his teammate Vandoorne and Sam Bird respectively in the two races. De Vries achieved his second victory of the season in

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, where he was one of the only drivers to not run out of usable energy before the end of the race. Following two rounds in which he only amassed a total of two points, de Vries fought for victory in both races of the London ePrix and finished in second place in both races, thus taking the lead in the championship before the final round. In the first race in

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he did not score any points but managed to maintain his lead in the standings. Having qualified 13th for the final race of the season, de Vries was given an early advantage when title rivals Mitch Evans and Edoardo Mortara collided at the start, and fellow contender

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was involved in a crash shortly after the restart. 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.

2021–22 season

De Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne remained with Mercedes for their swansong season in Formula E. De Vries won the first race of season 8 in Diriyah, and got pole the next day, but finished in 10th, and ended the championship in 9th with 106 points. De Vries left at the end of the season, securing a contract to compete in Formula One.

Mahindra (2024–present)

2023–24 season

After having his

career cut short, Mahindra Racing announced that De Vries would team up with Edoardo Mortara, who moved from Maserati MSG Racing, for the 2023–24 season.

Formula One career

De Vries was signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme in 2010, and the Audi Sport Racing Academy in 2016. He left McLaren before the 2019 season to focus on his duties at Audi, where he stayed until September 2019.

Test and reserve driver roles (2020–2022)

In December 2020, de Vries and fellow Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team driver Stoffel Vandoorne performed their first

test for the Mercedes team at the season-ending Young Driver Test. The following year he became one of the two reserve drivers for the team, again partnered with his Mercedes-EQ teammate Stoffel Vandoorne.

2022: Race debut on loan to Williams

He 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. For the

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, de Vries ran in another practice session at Mercedes, taking seven-time World Champion

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's place. De Vries then again drove a Mercedes in free practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix in place of George Russell. In September, de Vries tested the Alpine A521 at the

, alongside Antonio Giovinazzi and Jack Doohan. For the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix, de Vries was appointed as

' replacement at

in case Norris was unable to race, as the English driver was suffering from food poisoning after a meal on Thursday. De Vries even had a seat fitting with the McLaren car. However, Norris recovered the next day and was able to complete the Grand Prix.

= 2022 Italian Grand Prix

= At the

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, de Vries took part in first practice in place of

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. De Vries then replaced Alex Albon at Williams for each of third practice, qualifying, and the race, after Albon suffered

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and was ruled out on Saturday morning. He managed to advance to Q2 and qualify thirteenth, ahead of his Williams teammate

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. He started eighth after penalties were applied to multiple drivers. He finished the race in ninth position, scoring points on his race debut and was rewarded with Driver of the Day by fans.

AlphaTauri (2023)

De Vries was signed by

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for the 2023 season, replacing Alpine-bound

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. De Vries qualified 19th and finished 14th for the season-opening

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and followed that result by qualifying 18th and finishing 14th at the

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. He qualified 15th making Q2 for the first time at the

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but he retired from a chaotic race after Logan Sargeant crashed into the back of him taking both cars out and he was classified in 15th. De Vries crashed in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He qualified last for the sprint and finished the shorter race 14th. He crashed out of the main race on lap 10 after clipping the wall at turn 5. In both the races that he retired from, teammate

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had scored points putting pressure on de Vries for his results to improve. De Vries qualified 15th in the

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, out-qualifying teammate Tsunoda for the first time that year. He drove into the back of

at the start of the race, ending his chance of a good result. He finished the race 18th and 24 seconds behind Tsunoda. De Vries qualified 12th in

and finished the race where he started in 12th but he beat Tsunoda for the first time that year in a race. De Vries qualified 14th in

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out qualifying Tsunoda for the second time that year but he finished the race in 14th behind Tsunoda. De Vries Qualified and finished the race 18th in

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whilst coming under criticism for forcing

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off the road on lap 35. De Vries qualified last for the Austrian Grand Prix but qualified 14th for the sprint and finished the shorter race 17th. He 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. After the race, Magnussen said De Vries was driving like a desperate man. De Vries qualified 18th and finished 17th and last at the

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. With 10 races of the season completed, de Vries was 20th and last in the drivers championship having scored 0 points whilst teammate Tsunoda had scored 2 points. Two days after the Silverstone race, de Vries was released by AlphaTauri with Daniel Ricciardo replacing him for the rest of the season. Prior to his dismissal, de Vries was criticised for his performance, most notably by Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko. The decision to dismiss De Vries halfway through his rookie season was criticised by several Dutch and Formula E racing drivers.

Other racing

IndyCar Series

De Vries took part in an

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test with

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on 6 December 2021, alongside his Formula E teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, who tested for Arrow McLaren SP, Callum Ilott and Jack Aitken. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves helped familiarize De Vries with the

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. He set the fastest times in the test amongst the four drivers.

Super Formula

In 2024, De Vries would take part in two of the final three rounds in Motegi and

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, thus making his Super Formula debut with Team Impul.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record