Marko: De Vries Monaco F1 performance “what I want to see”
De Vries has had a tough open to his F1 profession, struggling to match crew-mate Yuki Tsunoda in his first 5 F1 races after being signed to interchange Pierre Gasly.
The 27-12 months-veteran Dutchman has suffered a spate of costly crashes while additionally failing to match the Jap driver’s tempo each and each in qualifying and in races.
In Monaco de Vries reached Q2 for the 2nd consecutive time as he gash encourage the deficit to Tsunoda to no longer as much as 2 tenths. On Sunday he build in a measured pressure to 12th, re-gaining a space he misplaced to Valtteri Bottas when Tsunoda’s brake points dropped him down to 15th.
It adopted a Miami Vast Prix weekend at some level of which de Vries outqualified Tsunoda for the first time.
Purple Bull’s Marko mentioned he became as soon as a long way more satisfied with how his most up-to-date signing performed on a posh Monaco weekend.
“This became as soon as by a long way his finest weekend for AlphaTauri,” Marko instructed Motorsport.com. “Nyck became as soon as worthy nearer to Yuki than forward of. Right here’s what I are searching to witness from him.
“Yuki became as soon as additionally in level of truth staunch until the brake issues came all any other time. Right here’s one thing that must be solved by the crew, they’ve brake issues so in total.”
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri AT04
Photo by: Purple Bull Negate material Pool
Serene, de Vries is yet to bring collectively completely on par with Tsunoda, which remains Purple Bull’s expectation as it hoped his in depth experience in F2, Device E and sportscars would encourage kickstart his studying job.
“Needless to claim we are searching to witness more,” he added. “We concept we would usher in any individual with some experience already to utter Yuki. However that didn’t happen yet, so that is the largest part.
Marko refuted rumours that he had situation a Spanish Vast Prix gash encourage-off date for de Vries to expose marked enchancment forward of excited about a alternative akin to Purple Bull junior Liam Lawson, whose superstar is rising in Japan’s Vast Device.
“There may per chance be rarely a gash encourage-off date. We staunch watch it and witness at the performances,” he answered when Motorsport.com requested him to take care of the Barcelona rumours.
“When we hang now to behave, then we can act. For the time being we don’t enact anything else.”
Earlier than the Monaco weekend de Vries, who has yet to ranking aspects in 2023, mentioned it became as soon as “no longer a shock” for his seat to advance encourage beneath increased scrutiny.
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“It be no longer a shock to me, it be fashioned; it be this industry,” de Vries mentioned. “It be consistently been esteem this in Purple Bull and in Device 1. I in actuality deem it be no varied than earlier within the season.
“You may per chance maybe well even hang got consistently got to develop, you are going to hang consistently got to raise. It be been esteem that right by my total profession.
“As a driver, you largely fight for your survival, and you largely want to raise to continue your profession forwards efficiently. It be fashioned. It be how it be consistently been.”
