F2 – Nyck de Vries lined up by Prema in 2018

The Italian stable According to Racing is the first to confirm its driver duo for the FIA ​​championship F2 2018. A few days after announcing the arrival of Sean Gelael, René Rosin's structure revealed the identity of the Indonesian driver's teammate this morning.

Dutch Nyck de Vries, 22 years old, member of the young pilots program of McLaren, will evolve with Prema after having played his first season in 2017 with Rapax then Racing Engineering. Having completed the Eurocup FR 2.0 (2014 champion), de Vries also took third place in FR 3.5 the following year, before moving to GP3 then F2.

« First of all, I would like to thank everyone involved in creating this opportunity, and I am delighted to join such a successful team as Prema and I thank them for trusting me, says de Vries.

We've known each other for a while, so racing together will be very exciting. NWe are looking forward to the new challenges that F2 will introduce with the new car for 2018. It will be a very competitive championship. »

An announcement that delights Eric Boullier, director of McLaren Racing, who is monitoring the career of Nyck de Vries. « We are delighted that he will continue in F2, consolidating his performances in the series, specifies the Frenchman. His experience will be an asset and will be very useful for 2018.”

Prema won the Drivers' title with Charles Leclerc, expected to arrive in F1 in 2018. It now remains to be seen the future of Antonio Fuoco, lined up under the colors of the Italian team in F2 this year.