Official: McLaren Sign Up Nyck De Vries!
By news ~ January 21st, 2010. Filed under: Kart Racing News.
McLaren have now officially announced that they have signed up young KF3 superstar Nyck De Vries. He had been linked to the Ferrari young driver programme but Dino Chiesa’s close relationship with McLaren F1 was obviously the F1 link. Dino Chiesa nurtured Lewis Hamilton in his karting days, and now works with other McLaren Young Driver Oliver Rowland.
Another addition to the McLaren F1 Team
De Vries dominated the KF3 scene last year by winning the WSK and European KF3 Championships with Zanardi, and dominated the KF3 World Cup weekend until a mechanical error in the final robbed him of a chance of victory.
What is unusual is that on McLaren’s website they mention that de Vries will be joining “Oliver Rowland, Oliver Turvey and Alex Alban” (link here) on the programme. Alex Alban, or as we presume Alex Albon, has not been in anyway connected to the program in recent days. We await further news from McLaren.
McLaren PR
McLaren has signed Dutch kart racer Nyck de Vries to its young driver development programme. The 14-year-old will be managed by Anthony Hamilton and the Hamilton Management Group, who firmly believe in Nyck’s status as an up-and-coming junior racer.
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh said: “McLaren has a long-held commitment to assisting young talent – we believe it’s part of the responsibility of the motor racing community to encourage and nurture junior racers, and we are committed to doing just that.
“Nyck appears to be a very exciting prospect, and we are looking forward to assisting his junior career, providing him with the support and training he requires to succeed.”
Anthony Hamilton said: “Nyck is an extremely promising youngster. His father Hendrik has been fantastically supportive of Nyck’s career, and has been instrumental in raising him up to not just be a great young racing driver, but also a fine young man.
“Together, we both believe that, with the right level of support, we can take his career to the highest level. We’ll be working very closely with Dino Chiesa, who will be running Nyck in Italy this year. Dino is an old friend, who previously ran Lewis and Nico [Rosberg] in Team MBM, so he knows everything about nurturing and developing young talent.
“We believe this is a very exciting and dynamic partnership.”
Nyck added: “My visit to the McLaren Technology Centre has been a fantastic experience and I am very honoured and grateful for the support of McLaren in helping to develop my career. The resources they have are incredible, and I believe they’ll be able to provide me with the perfect framework for improving my skills, my fitness and my motorsport experience.”
McLaren will issue further details on its full young driver programme next month.
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