AlphaTauri may contact Nick de Vries again and ask him to take over the duties of the team’s reserve driver during the Mexican Grand Prix, according to RacingNews365.
The Dutchman lost his place in the team, which was taken by Daniel Riccardo from the Hungarian stage, and the role of “third pilot” has now been assigned to Liam Lawson.
However, he is now one of the main title contenders in Japan’s Super Formula series and the season finale at Suzuka will be held there on the same weekend as the Mexican round of the World Championship. In this situation, Red Bull and AlphaTauri will again call on Nick de Vries, especially because he has experience in driving the AT04 machine.
Formally, he still has obligations to Red Bull until the end of the year, but he will only be able to help his almost former employers if he has not signed a contract with another team by then.
De Vries has done well in both Formula E and endurance racing in the past and there are rumors that the electric series and the WEC teams are already showing interest in him, so a situation could arise where he is no longer appears in the paddock on the track. last weekend of October Formula 1 in Mexico City.
Source: F1 News
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