Nyck de Vries

Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɪɡ də ˈvris]; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Mahindra. In formula racing, De Vries competed in Formula One at 11 Grands Prix from 2022 to 2023, and won the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship with Mercedes.

Born and raised in Uitwellingerga, De Vries began competitive kart racing aged nine. After a successful karting career—culminating in back-to-back victories at the direct-drive Karting World Championship in 2010 and 2011—De Vries graduated to junior formulae. Signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme from 2010 to 2019, De Vries won his first championship at the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2014 with Koiranen. He finished third in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series before winning multiple races in the 2016 GP3 Series. De Vries progressed to FIA Formula 2 for its inaugural 2017 season, winning the title in his third season, driving for ART. De Vries graduated to sportscar racing that year, competing in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Nederland. He took his first class win the following season at Fuji, before joining Formula E with the recently established Mercedes team in 2019. In his second season, De Vries took multiple victories as he won his maiden World Championship. Alongside his successes in Formula E, De Vries also became a race-winner in the European Le Mans Series with G-Drive in 2020 and 2021.

A test and reserve driver for Williams, Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin, De Vries made his Formula One debut with the former at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix, as a substitute for Alexander Albon. After scoring a points finish on his debut, he joined AlphaTauri for 2023 but was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo after 10 rounds. De Vries moved back to Formula E with Mahindra for his 2023–24 campaign, and signed for Toyota in the Hypercar class of WEC in 2024, winning the 6 Hours of Imola.

Hendrik Johannes Nicasius de Vries was born on 6 February 1995 in Uitwellingerga, Friesland, Netherlands.

In 2008, De Vries won the WSK World Series for the KF3 category, as well as the German Junior Championship. In 2009 he retained both his German Junior and WSK World Series titles, as well as winning the European KF3 Championship. In September he won the 2010 Karting World Championship. He also won the World Championship in 2011.

In 2012, de Vries switched to single-seaters, being given a cockpit in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at R-ace GP. De Vries achieved his first podium finish at his debut race in Alcañiz with a second place, and he managed to repeat this result at the Hungaroring. De Vries finished the season in fifth place, beating all of his teammates. In addition, De Vries took part in several races of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, in which he managed a victory at his home track in Assen. He was on the podium four times in eleven starts in the series and ended up tenth in the drivers' standings.

The following year, De Vries switched to Koiranen GP for his second season in the series. He won one race each at the Hungaroring and the Circuit de Catalunya and again ended the season in fifth place in the championship.

In 2014, De Vries stayed with Koiranen and competed in his third season of the Eurocup. He won six races and finished on the podium in 11 of 14 races. With 254 points to 124, he convincingly beat the runner-up Dennis Olsen in the championship. In addition, he took part in the entire Alpine Formula Renault season. He won 10 out of 14 races and only failed to make the podium twice.