Nyck de Vries
Nyck de Vries 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.
Career
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. 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.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.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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
| 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 | 9th* | 60* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Formula E results
| 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 I | BER I | BER II | BER II | BER III | BER III | 13th* | 18* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| 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 | 2nd* | 18* |
* Season still in progress.