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De Vries ‘almost gave up' on F1

Feb.2 Nyck de Vries says he 'almost gave up' on his Formula 1 career. Even in his successful karting days, the Dutchman's F1 destiny appeared clear as a prominent member of McLaren's junior program. 'Everything looked fine then,' said the 27-year-old former Formula 2 and Formula E champion, who will make his full-time F1 debut only this year with Alpha Tauri. 'There were phases when I almost gave up,' Speed Week quotes de Vries as saying. 'In the end I had to wait quite a long time for my chance,' said the 2022 Mercedes reserve. 'I grew up with many drivers who long since arrived in F1. I feel like I belong to that generation and that I'm in the right place now.' But de Vries says his...
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