Under-fire Nyck de Vries determined to ‘prove Helmut Marko wrong’ amid F1 future speculation
The Dutchman has faced a difficult sﷺtart to his first full F1 season and is one of just two drivers yet to score a point in the opening eight races of the 2023 campaign.&nbs🌼p;
An underwhelming start to life 🐎at AlphaTauri has led to speculation over de Vries’ future, with Marko only ramping up the pressure by admitting that Christian Horner was right to have reservations about signing him.
Asked on The Inside Line podcast if he and Red Bull team principal Horner often disagree about driver 🌞appoin🥂tments, Marko said: "Not often, but sometimes we do. The last one... I would say de Vries.
"Basically it's AlphaTauri, but we're a big family and we get opinions. He [Horner] was not a fan of De Vries. I would say at the mome𒉰nt it looks like he was right."
Speaking on Thursday ah🐟ead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, de Vries addressed Marko’s commeꦰnts.
“I think Dr. Marko would a✤ppreciate if I proved him wrong on track,” he said.
“That’s all I kind of feel about it and is within my control. So th🅰at’s it.”
Asked whether there’s anything he can do to ease the pressure on himself,🐈 de Vries replied: “Yeah but, equally, thꦗere is no need to force anything.
“I think whenever you are trying harder or trying to force something that is not kind of ready then it won’t happen, and then mistakes will hap༺pen.
“So I think the key is to just continue as we are and continue to focus on the job, remain patient, and then I think the potential ꦯis there so it’s just a matter of time for things to come together.”
De Vries has been backed to turn around his form by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda, who also endured🤡 a tricky start to his m🍎aiden F1 campaign with AlphaTauri in 2021.
"I think Ny𒐪ck just has to put it all toge🅷ther," Tsunoda said.
"I think the pa🥃ce is there, so he just needs to find a good rhythm because so far in most of th൩e races probably he struggled a lot in terms of consistency.
"I think in the end he🌳'll get there because in past races and past results, with what he achieved he's showing that he can do it, so I'm༺ sure he'll get there."
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