Nick de Vries, who lost his place in AlphaTauri halfway through the season, spoke about his immediate plans and they have nothing to do with motorsport.
The Dutchman’s F1 career has been surprisingly short, running just ten races for the Faenza team, but he was only one of two drivers not to score any points this year – the other being Williams debutant Logan Sargent. Red Bull’s biggest problem with the former Formula E champion was that he showed no sign of progress in the first half of the season and was eventually replaced by Daniel Ricciardo.
Yesterday was the premiere of the film Gran Turismo in the Netherlands and since de Vries was one of the guests, he managed to speak to the local press. When a RacingNews365 journalist asked Nick if he was very upset about his retirement, the driver replied: “Not really. I felt a lot of support and it actually went very naturally. And then I played a lot of golf.
In all my life I never studied in a normal way, I didn’t even finish school. But in September I’m going to study at Harvard (USA), I need to learn a little bit about the ability to negotiate and be a leader. But more because now I have some time and interest in learning something new.
Nick de Vries turned 28 this year, he has a rich experience of performing not only in Formula E, but also in endurance races, so it is likely that he will not be on the student bench for too long.
Source: F1 News
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