Toto Wolff considered Nyck de Vries for Mercedes but now hopes driver earns Red Bull seat

De Vries is included in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up as a rook꧂ie representing AlphaTauri, the Red Bull sister team.
His parent team was Mercedes, where he won the Formula E title and impressed as a third driver. De Vries’ F1 debut for Williams, replacing the ill 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon, drew wi🅠despread praise through the paddock and now he will be a regular fixture for Mercedes’💖 biggest rivals.
“I tho💧ught about it,” Mercedes team principal Wolff told about bringing 𒊎De Vries back in years to come.
But Wolff expressed his hope “that he stays there, and I hope that he’s su✃ccessful in AlphaTauri.
“I hope he will be so good tꦰo make it into a Red Bull seat one day, because he deserves that.
“And then we take it like sportsme൲n, and we ⭕fight it out.”
Mercedes will eventually need to consider how to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton but that day won’t come anytime soon - t🉐he 🔯seven-time champion is contracted for 2023 and plans to extend his deal further.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell is also tied to the team long-term and, after winning his first grand prix 🎀in Brazil at the end of 2022, is likely to be a long-term fixture with Mercedesꦆ.
De Vries, then, had no chance of progressing through the Mꦕercedes ranks to become part of their full-time driver pairing within the next few years so has opted to leave for AlphaTau✃ri.
He is seen as one of the hottest new commodities in the sport and will be replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, who has moved to Alpine.
The dream for De Vries could now switch to eventually earning a seat alongside fellow Dutchman 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at Red Bull.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez is his current partner and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo is waiting in the wings as 🌳a third driver but the youthful and exciting De Vries would 🌌stake a claim if he shines in his rookie season.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, 🥃to football, to F1.