McLaren Formula 1 junior Nyck de Vries will compete for the 2018 Formula 2 title at Prema Racing, as the team completes their driver line-up.
This season was de Vries’ rookie campaign in F2. Initially driving for Rapax, he made a mid-season switch to Racing Engineering.
The 22-year-old claimed his maiden F2 victory in the Monaco sprint race en route to seventh in the drivers’ standings.
Entering the category in 2016, Prema has guided both Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc to the drivers’ title in consecutive seasons.
“First of all, I want to thank everyone involved for this opportunity,” de Vries stated. “I am delighted to join such a successful team as Prema and I thank them for putting their faith in me.
“We have known each other for a while, so to finally be racing together is very exciting and I can’t wait to go back to Italy.
“We’re very much looking forward to the new challenges that F2 has introduced with the new car for 2018. It will be a very competitive championship, may the best win!”
Prema team boss Rene Rosin believes that de Vries will be able to challenge for the title next season.
“We are delighted to have secured the services of Nyck for the 2018 Formula 2 season,” he said.
“His skills are outstanding and we hope that, together with Prema, he will be able to make the most out of his talent and fight for the title, while helping us to get a head start for the new season.”
De Vries joins Sean Gelael at the team in 2018. The Indonesian’s switch from Arden to Prema was confirmed last week.
Rosin added; “I’m really looking forward to seeing our great and well-sorted pairing on-track”
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