Pascal Wehrlein made his anger at his rivals clear after Nick de Vries forced him to retire in the final race of Formula E.
Battled for 13th place in the final round of Formula E, the Seoul e-Prix, the two collided at Turn 1, with Pascal Wehrlein immediately retiring and Nick de Mars being penalized by race control for the incident. Fries also later retired.
The Race reported that Pascal Wehrlein called Nick de Vries an ‘idiot’ and ‘I hope he can’t go to F1!
Former F1 driver Pascal Wehrlein, who raced for Manor and Sauber, has vented his anger at being a ‘victim’ of his mistakes, calling Nick de Vries ‘too optimistic’. .
“After a lap, he went into attack mode. As the first option, he attempted an overly optimistic move in Turn 1. He slid all the way out of the corner, crashed into my car, It broke the suspension and ruined the race.He braked so late that he couldn’t reach the corner anymore.I really don’t understand.”
“A move like that is not up to par with this championship. In the end, my race was ruined, his race was ruined, and he got two penalty points for it.”
“Similar drivers often do over-motivated moves, but unfortunately it fell victim to him this time.”
Nick de Vries, who is rumored to be moving to the Mercedes-powered Williams F1 team, shrugged off Pascal Wehrlein’s criticism.
“I expected a similar approach to the race when I activated attack mode and got close behind him and he wanted to fight,” said Nick de Vries.
“I was already committed and his right front touched my left back, which eventually led to a puncture.”
Nick de Vries has ridden the Formula 1 car twice in free practice on Fridays this season, testing Williams at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix and Mercedes at the Formula 1 French Grand Prix.
Nick de Vries is one of the Williams F1 team’s driver candidates looking to replace the beleaguered Nicholas Latifi.
Initially, the Alpine F1 team was thought to be in talks with Williams about putting Oscar Piastri in the car, but that fell apart when Piastri entered talks with McLaren.
Oscar Piastri has reportedly signed a reserve driver deal with the McLaren F1 team, with a deal reportedly to move him up to race driver if McLaren finalizes the departure of Daniel Ricciardo.
But Alpine is having a driver slump, the team needs a replacement for Fernando Alonso, Piastri faces an uncertain future and Williams is looking elsewhere.
Mercedes-backed Nick de Vries has downplayed reports that he is a potential driver for the Williams F1 team.
“I’m happy to see my name coming up, but it’s not something I can control or decide. Time will tell what the future holds…I’m just trying to live in the moment. said Nick de Vries.
Meanwhile, Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff said he couldn’t help the driver because Mercedes doesn’t have a seat and can’t influence other teams to use him.
“You can’t tell any team to look at him and consider it because that would be seen as interference and it would go the other way,” Wolff told Sky F1.
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