Seeing AlphaTauri F1 chance end “hurts”

De Vries was ousted from his AlphaTauri seat by Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko on Tuesday just 10 grands prix into his rookie season, in which he failed to get on par with team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.

AlphaTauri called on Red Bull’s third driver Ricciardo to take the Dutchman’s place, the Australian joining the Faenza squad on loan after impressing his parent team during a Pirelli test at Silverstone.

De Vries has since kept radio silence, but on…