The AlphaTauri driver will be able to approach his first full season calmly. Nyck de Vries has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case of a loan contracted with a real estate magnate.<\/p>\n
In 2018, Jeroen Schothorst granted a loan of $250,000 to the driver who is celebrating his 28th birthday today through his company Investrand in order to help the driver secure a spot in the Prema Formula 2 team.<\/p>\n
According to the newspaper “Het Financieele Dagblad”, the contract obligated De Vries to give half of his F1-related earnings to Schothorst. However, the clause would expire if the Dutchman failed to secure a race seat by 2022.<\/p>\n
As a reserve and test driver at Mercedes, De Vries had the opportunity to replace Alexander Albon during the Italian Grand Prix at Williams in 2022. He later signed a contract as a regular driver at AlphaTauri for 2023. These are all reasons that, according to Schothorst, suggests that the contract must be respected.<\/p>\n
The judge, however, gave his verdict in favor of De Vries, emphasizing that the Dutch driver had never had a permanent contract.<\/p>\n
“It is true that he participated in the F1 on September 11, 2022, at the Italian Grand Prix, but he did it as a reserve driver,” commented the judge. “He was not under contract as a race driver at that time. He was only replacing another driver who had appendicitis.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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