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From Lonato to Lonato

Nyck De Vries‘ 2008 season started at Lonato in February, at the Winter Cup, and it was on this same Italian circuit that it ended, on the 25th and...

Driver Nyck de Vries

Nyck De Vries‘ 2008 season started at Lonato in February, at the Winter Cup, and it was on this same Italian circuit that it ended, on the 25th and 26th of October. “The Bridgestone Cup was a good chance to compete one last time in a prestigious event” Nyck explained. “The organisation was good, but unfortunately the technical check was not as accurate as at the European Championship. So we could not know the real set-up adopted by our opponents”. But apart from these considerations, Nyck was determined to achieve a good result on his father’s birthday. Fast and sharp, just like during the rest of the season, Nyck showed again an excellent performance…

“I had a carburettor problem during one of the heats, so I was 24th at the start of the pre-final, but then I managed to climb to 8th place”. After the best lap in race in the final, he finally reached the best driver of the day, Russian Daniel Kvyat. “I tried to pass him at the end of the race, but he closed all the doors. I took my chance on the last bend, we were side by side. He tried to force me to change my trajectory and in the end, he managed to keep an advantage of just one 100th of a second when we crossed the finishing line. But all in all, it was an excellent race. Reaching the second place after starting from 24th position was good”. German Champion and winner of the WSK in 2008, now Nyck De Vries will start preparing at best for 2009; indeed, a new series of tests has already been scheduled for November. The future is fast approaching…

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Publié le 31/10/2008