Sep.12 Formula 2 title favourite Nyck de Vries has put his F1 hopes on hold for now. Mercedes has announced that the F2 points leader will join Stoffel Vandoorne in the German marque's inaugural Formula E driver lineup. "Of course every young driver wants to be in Formula 1," 24-year-old Dutchman de Vries, who until this year was a McLaren junior driver, said. "But when you get an opportunity like this with Mercedes, you need to grab it," he added. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff insists that signing up de Vries for Formula E does not end the driver's Formula 1 dream. "Why would it? Nyck is fast, young and intelligent. He can still get to Formula 1," he told...
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