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De Vries eyes McLaren seat for 2017

– McLaren young driver Nyck de Vries has set his sights on securing a race seat with the Honda-powered Formula 1 outfit for the 2017 campaign.The Dutchman, 20, will compete in Formula Renault 3.5 with champion team DAMS this season, having claimed last year's 2.0-litre Eurocup and Alps titles.With Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button both on multi-season deals, de Vries hopes he can impress the team enough over the next two years to earn a call up."McLaren has signed its current drivers for two years. That means there is possibly a place for 2017 – that's really the goal," de Vries explained to GPUpdate.net."In my opinion, it's completely in my hands. As long as I can...
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