Nyck de Vries has had his first appearance in Formula E. The Dutchman finished sixth and was happy with the result of Mercedes in Saudi Arabia afterward.

 

The Formula E season 2019/20 opened on Friday with the first race of the season through the streets of Ad Diriyah. For Mercedes and De Vries it was a special race because both the team and the driver made their debut in the electric class. For De Vries, that debut went very well; the reigning Formula 2 champion qualified third and eventually finished sixth.

"It was a good day we had a qualifying session both car in the top three, I think our first race was pretty good I think there's more in it especially the first race we have could do things better differently and the end of the day we're need to be satisfied with P3 and P6, perhaps if it was not for missing the attack mode when I get hit by Lotterer I could be finished in fourth or before." Said de Vries

And when I asked about how competitive Mercedes is in Formula E this year in their debut the Dutchman said: "I think it's still early we have to kind knowledge the facts that qualifying we were P3 and P4 that obviously was like an advantage and today we seem pretty competitive and I still think that all the comparative are a bit stronger so we still have work to do but it looks like positive."

And asking about the condition of the rack itself he said: "Obviously the track involved a lot I think it will be a little more consistent but it still really tricky outside the line, so hopefully it stays nice and consistent."