It is said that it could Williams, which uses Mercedes engines, was looking for a highly regarded racer to replace it George Russell, which is associated with promotion to the factory team of silver arrows. In addition de Vries are also associated with the headquarters of the Grove team Valtteri Bottas, Daniil Kvyat in Nico Hulkenberg.
It's been a while Toto wolff, the head of the Mercedes team, who is a young Dutchman de Vries placed side by side Stoffel Vandoorne in the Mercedes team Formula E, stated that they both deserve a seat in Formula 1. "I would very much like to see de Vries in Formula 1," he said Kees van de Grint, a former Formula 1 engineer known for working with Michael Schumacher in Bridgestone gets a Ferrari. “He's a great talent, and his career has declined,”So the Dutchman. “But in recent years, he has once again shown why people hoped so much for him."
De Vries currently leading the championship Formula E, however van de Grint wonders over complaining Wolffthat is a big problem lack of free seats in Formula 1. "Nyck should have been given a chance, but Wolff was the one who advocated maintaining a $ 200 million entrance fee for new teams. And because of that, there are now no new teams to plant racers like Nyck in race cars. It is hoped, however, that both teams have open seats that use Mercedes engines."