Nyck de Vries confirmed that he had had a meeting with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko about his potential move to AlphaTauri.
After Red Bull stopped their efforts to get Colton Herta a seat at AlphaTauri, their focus switched to de Vries. Reports emerged on Saturday that the Dutchman had met Marko in Graz.
Later on, de Vries admitted that he had had talks with Marko. At the same time, he stated that his future in F1 is “beyond my control”.
“I don’t quite know if I am in such a luxury situation that I can choose,” the 27-year-old said on the Dutch TV show Humberto op Zaterdag.
“Largely, that is beyond my control. I have been in talks with Williams for a long time, and I was also able to make my debut there last weekend.
“That would be a logical step. Alpine I have been in contact with since July, and I will test for them in Budapest next week. I will fly there on Monday.
“And as the media had noticed yesterday, I went to Austria to meet Helmut Marko. Those are the facts.”
