Toyota Gazoo Racing has announced that Dutchman Nyck de Vries will join the team for the remainder of its 2019-2020 FIA WEC campaign - and also the 2021 season - as the squad’s official reserve and test driver.
De Vries has an impressive track record in motorsport, having been crowned FIA Formula 2 champion in 2019, whilst establishing himself as a front-runner in the LMP2 category of WEC with Racing Team Nederland – winning the Fuji round, and finishing on the podium at both Silverstone and Bahrain.
Alongside his new team-mates, De Vries will take to the cockpit of the TS050 HYBRID this week at a test in Paul Ricard, sampling the low-downforce aerodynamic package which will be used at Spa and Le Mans.
This will not be the first time De Vries has driven the LMP1 car – the 25-year-old took part in the WEC rookie test in Bahrain last December, completing 43 laps in the TS050 HYBRID.
We are proud and happy to welcome a new test and reserve driver to our @fiawec line-up. @FIA_F2 champion @nyckdevries will be testing the #TS050 HYBRID and Le Mans Hypercar in the 2019-2020 and 2021 seasons.
— TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC (@Toyota_Hybrid) July 6, 2020
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