Nyck de Vries Breaks His Own Rules by Nabbing Pierre Gasly’s Buddy: “Looking for Someone I Trust…”

One of the most inspiring stories of the season from last year, Nyck de Vries will race for AlphaTauri in his rookie season in F1 next season. The Dutchman impressed everyone after his splendid driving replacing Alex Albon for Williams. He out-qualified his teammate Nicholas Latifi and finished P9 to score points on his first-ever race start in F1.

It will be the first time that de Vries takes over an F1 car for an entire season. However, that will not be the only thing he does for the first time. Interestingly, the former Mercedes reserve driver broke one of his own rules to do THIS.

All about AlphaTauri rookie’s latest decision

Nyck de Vries might be debuting in F1 for the first time. But that does not mean he’s not been around in the motorsports world for a long time. The Dutchman is 27 years old and has been a former F2 and FE champion as well. However, for the first time in his career, de Vries decided that it was time for him to hire a manager.

The Dutchman chose to work with Pierre Gasly’s agent, Guillaume Le Goff for the upcoming season. The duo know each other for a long time and share a good relationship.

“I was just looking for someone I trust and know well. Also, I didn’t want too frank and visible management,” stated the latest AlphaTauri rookie to Motorsport NextGen Auto. [Translated from Google]

He further mentioned, “If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past few weeks, it’s that you suddenly have a lot of friends, people you’ve never really heard of before. Everyone offers you all kinds of things more or less interesting…”

READ MORE: Clearing the Air on Nyck de Vries’ Unknown Real Name

Nyck has had to wait for his opportunities to drive in F1, despite always being a talented junior driver. Moreover, his family has also stood alongside him in his long wait to drive an F1 car.

Nyck de Vries thanks his family for always being “proud” of the AlphaTauri driver

The family often plays a huge role in everyone’s career. Be it an F1 driver or anyone else, a family’s support is invaluable. Nyck de Vries expresses his thanks to his family for always being there for him.

Nyck de Vries mentioned to GPFans, “Guilt is not the right word. They would always be proud of me. Now it’s really nice. I’m grateful to give this back to everyone who put so much time into me.”

He further added, “There were also plenty of people who never believed in it. We never stopped believing in it. Maybe not a hundred percent, but we didn’t give up.”

WATCH THIS STORY: Epic Lewis Hamilton Card Breaks All-Time Record

Whether Nyck de Vries succeeds in F1 or not remains to be seen. But there’s no doubt that the Dutchman has endured a lot of struggles on his way to becoming an F1 driver. Do you think the former F2 champion will succeed in the pinnacle of motorsports?