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Toyota retains unchanged WEC line-up for 2025 season
Toyota GAZOO Racing has retained all of its six drivers in an unchanged line-up for its #7 and #8 crews for 2025 FIA WEC season. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will take on the challenge of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with its established and proven driver line-up. The team completed its 12th season of…
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Mahindra showcased new livery for 2025 Formula E season
Mahindra Racing showcased a new livery for 2024/25 FIA Formula E Championship season, as they focused on red, silver and black scheme. The Anglo-Indian team signed Season 7 World Champion Nyck de Vries and Edo Mortara for Season 10 on multi-year deals and the pair are set to continue into Season 11 with the outfit…
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Ferrari, Toyota relay on Le Mans 24 Hours’ win and podium finish
Ferrari and Toyota reflect on a hard fought FIA WEC Le Mans 24 Hours win and podium – respectively – as the Italian manufacturer does a back-to-back. Ferrari – A year after winning the Centenary edition, Ferrari secured another victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024, the world’s most famous and prestigious endurance…
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King, Eriksson/Aron named for Berlin Formula E weekend
Jordan King to replace Nyck de Vries for Berlin Formula E weekend, while Joel Eriksson/Paul Aron will race for Envision. Mahindra Racing – With de Vries unavailable to participate in the double-header around Tempelhof Airport due to a pre-existing commitment to race in the WEC on the same weekend, the team will utilise the services…
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F1 2023: Drivers categorised in tier system for their performances
With the 2023 F1 season done and dusted, FormulaRapida.net decided to draw out a ranking system in a new ‘Tier’ system, moving away from a traditional, individual ranked order. The long 2023 F1 season had its share of strong performances from everyone on the grid, whether at the front of the field or at the…
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Mahindra reveals new livery for 2024 Formula E season
Mahindra Racing unveiled a new livery for 2023/24 FIA Formula E season as they retain the red scheme but adds metallic silver to it. Designed in partnership with the team at Mahindra Advanced Design Europe (MADE), the new look for the team centres around a matte red, silver and desert grey livery, produced with a…
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De Vries has Toyota WEC drive; Rovanpera takes partial WRC run
Nyck de Vries has secured WEC Hypercar drive with Toyota for 2024, as reigning WRC champion Kalle Rovanpera opts for partial run. WEC – In 2024, we will continue to race in the Hypercar category (LMH class), which is the top class of the WEC, with a two-vehicle team as we aim to win the…
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De Vries makes Formula E return alongside Mortara at Mahindra
Nyck de Vries will make his Formula E return alongside Edoardo Mortara in an all-new line-up at Mahindra Racing. Mahindra Racing is delighted to announce the signings of Nyck De Vries and Edoardo Mortara on multi-year contracts to compete for the team from Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Season 10…
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De Vries to take up a course in Harvard to learn new things
Nyck de Vries is latest F1 driver to reveal about undertaking further studies which he confirmed to media at the premiere of Gran Turismo. Few weeks back, Nicholas Latifi revealed about joining London Business School to take up MBA course and move away from racing in general after losing his Williams F1 seat at the…
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Tost opens up on emotional decision to drop de Vries
Franz Tost says dropping Nyck de Vries was an emotional decision after a good relationship and feedback from the Dutch F1 driver. There has been opinions galore after the decision to drop de Vries by Red Bull and AlphaTauri after 10 F1 races and replace him with Daniel Ricciardo. Tost joins the pack stating that…
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F1 drivers reflect on return of Ricciardo and departure of de Vries
F1 drivers welcome Daniel Ricciardo as he makes his return this weekend in Hungarian GP, while some of them also talk about Nyck de Vries. The F1 drivers have reflected on the untimely departure of de Vries after Red Bull decided to drop the Dutchman after 10 races to replace him with Ricciardo at AlphaTauri.…
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De Vries to take time off from social media, refutes articles
Nyck de Vries refutes claims of articles on him saying things, as he thanks Red Bull and AlphaTauri for the F1 stint. De Vries has finally opened up on his departure from AlphaTauri after Red Bull decided to let him go to replace with Daniel Ricciardo from this weekend’s F1 Hungarian GP. The Dutchman has…
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Tsunoda says he learnt from the experience of de Vries
Yuki Tsunoda reflects on good time shared with Nyck de Vries ahead of F1 Hungarian GP, as he is looking forward to time with Daniel Ricciardo. Tsunoda has praised his now former AlphaTauri teammate de Vries, who has lost his seat to Ricciardo from this weekend’s Hungarian GP. The Japanese driver has praise for the…
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Horner opens up on Ricciardo’s Red Bull ambitions, de Vries drop
Christian Horner opens up on the departure of Nyck de Vries and hiring of Daniel Ricciardo with a potential Red Bull F1 drive. Horner has opened up on the departure of de Vries from AlphaTauri and how the decision came about which was conveyed by Helmut Marko to the Dutchman midway during the Silverstone Pirelli…
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Drivers react to de Vries axe from AlphaTauri after 10 F1 races
Former F1 drivers react to Nyck de Vries being axed from his AlphaTauri drive after 10 races as Helmut Marko adds his views. Another Red Bull moment of dropping a driver mid-season has sparked similar debates about the F1 team being ruthless with their approach. Having hired de Vries from his Mercedes reserve role, he…
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Ricciardo returns to F1 in Hungarian GP replacing de Vries
Daniel Ricciardo will make his F1 return in next weekend’s Hungarian GP as Nyck de Vries loses his AlphaTauri seat. Ricciardo will make his F1 return in next weekend’s Hungarian GP with AlphaTauri as de Vries has lost his drive after 10 rounds in his full-time debut year. The decision has been taken to let…
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Marko reveals of AlphaTauri name change, hints at driver line-up
Helmut Marko reveals about name change for AlphaTauri in F1 2024 with a new sponsor, as he says all is well with Oliver Mintzlaff. After a change of name from Toro Rosso to AlphaTauri after Red Bull decided to use its fashion brand in F1, Marko has revealed about another name change of the Faenza-based…
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De Vries, Magnussen fine with racing incident call by stewards
Nyck de Vries, Kevin Magnussen played down their contact in F1 Canadian GP after the stewards too didn’t blame anyone. Both the Haas cars were involved in a big tussle at separate occasions but largely them going backwards due to lack of consistent race pace in F1 Canadian GP and high degradation. There were trains…
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F1 drivers discuss the Barcelona and Madrid choice for grand prix
F1 drivers speak more in favour of Barcelona to host Spanish GP amid talks of Madrid wanting a grand prix. Over the last while there have been rumours that the F1 Spanish GP may move to Madrid from 2027 onward. Barcelona has been home to the Spanish race since 1991 which could even be now…
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De Vries opens up on host of rumours, admits mistakes made
Nyck de Vries opens up on the normal speculation around his F1 seat after handful of races, as he adds his views on it. For Dutch rookie de Vries, last season at Monza must feel like a distant memory now. Having driven in practice for Aston Martin, he was called up by Williams to replace…
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De Vries shares of getting stuck in flood en-route Faenza
Nyck de Vries shares his adventurous journey back home amid the flood in Emilia Romagna region as he couldn’t make to to Faenza. With the F1 Emilia Romagna GP being a home grand prix for AlphaTauri, de Vries naturally had more marketing work to be done not just at the factory but elsewhere as well.…
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Norris reckons de Vries needs to brake earlier after Miami GP hit
Lando Norris reckons Nyck de Vries needs to brake a little earlier after he was hit by him in F1 Miami GP, although it didn’t change his grand prix. There was not much that happened in F1 Miami GP in terms of incidents barring the start when AlphaTauri’s de Vries ran in the back of…
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Norris, Tsunoda content with points in Baku; De Vries takes blame
Lando Norris, Yuki Tsunoda content with points in F1 Azerbaijan GP, as Nyck de Vries takes blame for the incident. In a grand prix where the Top 4 teams all finished in the Top 8 places, the remaining two points places were coveted for the drivers. For most of it, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Haas’…
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F1 drivers and team boss opine on recent practice limit discussions
F1 drivers and teams reflect on the recent discussions around changing the format of a race weekend and making practice more important. Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali has been in the news in recent time especially with regards to how a Grand Prix weekend is run. As it is, there are three practice sessions and…
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De Vries doesn’t see negative vibes at AlphaTauri after Tost’s words
Nyck de Vries doesn’t see much difference within AlphaTauri after comments from Franz Tost regarding lack of trust. After a slow start to its F1 2023 campaign, Tost was open and blunt about the situation and having less to no trust on his engineers who promised him of a better car which didn’t turn out…
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Ferrari wants discussions after right to review against Sainz penalty
Frederic Vasseur says Ferrari wants discussions with the FIA after filing a right to review against the F1 Australian GP penalty of Carlos Sainz. There was natural disappointment from Sainz at the end of the F1 Australian GP where he lost third in a way that no driver wants to. He couldn’t even fight for…
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Sargeant apologised de Vries as he escaped Aus GP investigation
Logan Sargeant was sorry for clouting the back of Nyck de Vries in F1 Australian GP, as he escapes any investigation into the matter. The re-start caught out multiple drivers in F1 Australian GP but out of the three incidents, two were investigated, one escaped any. Out of those two, one was penalised and other…
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De Vries is already helping AlphaTauri to address some gaps
Nyck de Vries has already used the limited time with AlphaTauri to fill the gaps for F1 2023 as he gears up for the new challenge. It has been a long wait for de Vries to finally live the full-time F1 dream having not only won the F2 title but also Formula E. To go…
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AlphaTauri unveils a revised livery for the 2023 F1 season
AlphaTauri had a special launch of their 2023 F1 livery in New York much like how its sister Red Bull team did so a week back. With clear intention of capturing the American market, Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri also conducted its 2023 F1 livery launch on a Saturday night in New York with their…
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De Vries wins court case against former lender Schothorst
Nyck de Vries has won the court case filed against him by investor Jeroen Schothorst after he cleared his name. The Dutch media reported of AlphaTauri’s de Vries being involved in a court case early in January against his former lender Schothorst, who provided him with money for his F2 campaign in 2018 with Prema.…