Nyck de Vries has been warned he could possibly be fired after a vastly disappointing begin to the Components One season. The Dutchman solely joined Alpha Tauri final October however his first 4 races could not have gone a lot worse.
De Vries is at present in his first full season as an F1 driver. He got here ninth in his debut race on mortgage at Williams within the Italian Grand Prix in 2022.
He had accomplished sufficient to catch the attention of Helmut Marko, the advisor to 's sister workforce Alpha Tauri. However De Vries has struggled up to now for his new workforce.
The 28-year-old completed 14th in his first two races of 2023 on the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. However he has not completed both of his final two outings on the Australian or Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
In Baku final weekend, De Vries crashed out of each qualifying and the race. Russian racing driver Egor Orudzhev claims De Vries' performances could price him his place on the circuit.
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He advised : "If it goes on like this, then I feel Helmut Marko will hearth him. Actually, I anticipated that the outcomes could be higher and Nyck could be nearer to (Yuki) Tsunoda. However up to now it’s been an entire failure."
De Vries took full accountability for his efficiency in Azerbaijan. However he's ready to place it proper in Miami this weekend.
De Vries advised : "Fully my fault, utterly my accountability. A really silly and pointless mistake.
"I can solely take a look at myself and might’t level at anybody else, so I've to bear the results. I’m not going to make excuses.
"In English they are saying ‘when it rains, it pours’. Luckily, there's already one other race now in Miami."
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Former Dutch driver Jan Lammers additionally believes De Vries is in a race towards time to persuade his bosses he ought to stay within the seat at Alpha Tauri. Lammers advised : "If [Fernando] Alonso or [Lewis] Hamilton does it, they're forgiven immediately.
"Additionally they have a popularity for not doing that type of factor, however for Nyck it’s the very last thing he wants. It’s a cruel world and the reality is that the automotive was ok for some extent.
"So when it’s ok for some extent and also you don’t rating, when will you rating then? He had an opportunity to carry out nicely and he doesn’t.
"At Monza, he had the quickest automotive on the straight which was his stroke of luck to attract consideration to himself. It’s why he obtained this seat. He's not a lot placing strain on myself now, however I feel the strain is coming from Franz Tost and Helmut Marko."