🍷De Vries did not score a single point in his 10 grands prix as a full-time F1 driver, most recently finishing 17th 🎐at Silverstone, ahead of only drivers who did not finish.

He has now become the la🍸test Red Bull-affiliated driver to be brutally replaced, with Marko admitting he l🐻ikely won’t ever get a second chance in F1.

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“We contracted Nyck because he performed well at Monza last year,✃” Red Bull consultant Marko told about De Vries’ hugely impressive drive for Williams.

“We expected hi𝓀m to at least b🐽e equal to his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda this year but that was not the case. 

“He was always three-tenth✨s of a second slower. We didn’t see any💯 improvements.

“He’s 28, has a lot of experience, an💧d has also been a🌄ble to gain a lot of knowledge as a test driver in various F1 cars. 

“You can’t compare him to a young rookie.

“In 🔥Bak🅰u, he started the weekend well but then he crashed again.”

Clearl🔜y De Vries was coming under increasing pressure. 

Marko insisted: “We had to do something.

“Why should we wait𝐆? What do twoꦓ more races matter if you don’t see any improvement? 

“Nyck is a very nice guy but the ♕speed wasn’t th🍸ere.”

Marko said another F🅰1 opportunity will be “difficult” for De Vries and recommended he seeks a career in endurance racing.

Ricciardo, who impresse𝔍d 👍in a tyre test driving a Red Bull, is AlphaTauri’s replacement for the rest of this year.

“His lap times wer𒐪e competitive on three different tyre sets,” Marko said.

ꦗ“If Ricciardo didn’t have the speed we would have had to consider something else.”