According to the BBC, the 27-year-old will make his Formula 1 debut for Williams at the end of this week’s Italian Grand Prix.
It comes after Alex Albon fell ill with a perforated appendix and retired from the race. After Albon called in sick on Saturday morning, Aston Martin quickly called the Dutch driver who had trained on Friday.
This decision was made without wasting time. In 2022, De Vries will compete in his final Formula E season, and he will do so with Mercedes. In the first race of the eighth season, which took place in Diriyah, he came in first. The next day he got the tree, finished in tenth place, and ended the season in eighth place, with 106 places.
De Vries’ name has been announced as the first “young driver” to take part in a practice session for the year 2022. According to the regulations for this year’s Formula 1 season, each of the 10 F1 teams must do run at least young drivers in training. twice.
De Vries thanked Williams for the opportunity to drive the FW44 on Friday and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity. After comments from Williams CEO Jost Capito, who said the driver had been considered for a potential racing seat in 2022 but the team ultimately decided to sign Alex Albon to fill the vacancy, the decision was made. taken to lead De Vries.
In 2019 De Vries, who was previously a young driver for McLaren, parted ways with the team to explore a connection with Mercedes.
As well as competing for Formula E team Mercedes EQ and winning the championship in 2021, De Vries has already tested for Formula 1 team McLaren twice, the most recent of which was at the post-season in Abu Dhabi in December. from last year.
