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Signing de Vries was Marko's ‘biggest mistake' in F1

Jan.17 Dr Helmut Marko admits signing up Nyck de Vries was his 'biggest mistake' in charge of Red Bull's Formula 1 driver program. Other former Red Bull-promised F1 drivers – notably Scott Speed, Jaime Alguersuari, Daniil Kvyat and others – also failed to live up to their initial promise. But Marko says the failure of the de Vries experiment, when the Dutchman impressed so much in his one-off substitute race for Williams in 2022 that it led to a full-time Alpha Tauri seat for 2023, is on another level. After ten grands prix, the now 29-year-old de Vries was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo. 'My biggest mistake? There's no doubt about it, that's Nyck de Vries,' Marko, 81, told...
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