Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Nyck de Vries has the potential to earn a place in F1 in 2023 . Nyck de Vries won the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and 2020–21 Formula E World Championship .
Nyck de Vries replaced Alex Albon in Williams F1 team for the Italian Grand Prix after the later was diagnosed with appendicitis.
The Mercedes reserve driver impressed everyone in F1 Qualifying with a solid P13 , out qualifying Williams Driver Nicolas Latifi.
Toto Wolff said , “I think we forget how he dominated in F2 [en route to the title in 2019]. He was absolutely great in his first Formula E championship when he won the championship.
“He’s going to do what the car is capable of delivering tomorrow. He’s for sure going to extract what is there.”
“Nyck was an official Mercedes driver until we stopped Formula E a few weeks ago and he won the championship for us, our first world championship,” Wolff added.
“But we haven’t got a management contract with him, we haven’t got any influence on his career nor are we taking any cut of his future earnings.
“Nyck deserves to have a place in F1. He has shown that because of the limited experience he had from driving around with the rake in FP1. Then he was thrown into the cold in FP3, not even at the beginning but at the end — that is a line in the sand. It puts down a marker.”
With Nicholas Latifi’s future with Williams F1 in doubt , De Vries performance this weekend will be very crucial for his 2023 F1 hopes .
