Nyck de Vries made his GP debut in
Formula 1 at the
Italian Grand Prix totally unexpectedly and managed to impress a lot. So did
Formula E colleague Sam Bird, who states that it seemed like the Dutchman already had extensive experience of driving F1 races.
De Vries did not disappoint in his race debut at Monza, where he crossed the finish line ninth, securing important points for
Williams. In doing so, the Dutchman left a deep impression on Bird, who found De Vries driving like an experienced F1 driver. "
He looked like he’d done fifty Grands Prix before," Bird said on the
Chequered Flag-podcast.
In addition, Bird was impressed by the way De Vries was able to switch between his work for Mercedes and
Williams' sudden call-up.
"He got into that one day after having his brain put through the fact that he was in an Aston Martin. So, there’s a lot of things that he had to kind of get out of his head then plunk into his head this weekend. Very, very impressive," Bird said.