No concerns about de Vries taking knowledge to Red Bull

De Vries has been a reserve driver all season and has been following race weekends in the Mercedes garage. He took part in an FP1 session for the team when he stood in for Lewis Hamilton in France.

In Singapore, as it became clear that he was likely to land an AlphaTauri driver next season, he was obliged to take a step back.

He was no longer involved in all meetings through the weekend as the flow of technical information closed down, and that arrangement…