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This is what Schumacher has to say about De Vries' possible move to F1
- GPblog.com
Nyck de Vries is rumoured to be moving to Williams. George Russell might move to Mercedes and Nicholas Latifi is also not one hundred percent sure of his place now the British team, thanks to a takeover, is no longer fully dependent on the millions that the father of the Canadian took with him.
"I guess a lot of people that deserves F1 seats but at the end is also you know who decides or obviously take the decision," the German said at Ziggo Sport during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend.
In 2019, De Vries and Schumacher Jr. drove together in Formula 2. The driver from Sneek then became champion, the following year the driver from Ooster turned out to be his successor. So Schumacher has fought duels with De Vries on occasion. "If I had to say, he did a goob job in Formula 2 and he does a good job in Formula E so possible yeah."
Ties with Mercedes
De Vries is currently the frontrunner in the Formula E championship. In the electric class, he competes for Mercedes' factory team. Those ties with the German team may now earn him a spot at Williams. Mercedes supplies the engines and gearboxes, among other things, to Williams and in exchange the team is often allowed to assign one seat to someone.