Nyck De Vries to Exit Racing

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After the F1 rookie was dropped by AlphaTauri after 10 races, he has taken an unexpected turn to education for his next steps. After being replaced by the Aussie, Daniel Riccardo, rumors flared up about a possible return to Formula E. This Dutchman surprised us all by enrolling in a course at Harvard. When asked about his exit, he stated:

“I had a lot of support and it actually went very naturally. I've been playing a lot of golf since then”

“I've never studied before in my life, in fact, I didn't even finish high school.”

“But in September I'm going to take a course at Harvard. Negotiation and Leadership, a little bit of studying. More because I just like it now that I have some time and the interest to learn other things,” de Vries revealed.

Nyck de Vries has set his sights on a Harvard course. The Dutch racer, who saw a short F1 stint, plans to study Negotiation and Leadership at Harvard.

“I had a lot of support and it actually went very naturally. I've been playing a lot of golf since then,” de Vries shared about… pic.twitter.com/zB3dIzLtLd

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This exit to education comes weeks after former F1 driver, Nicholas Latifi announced he would be starting his MBA in London at the London Business School.

Nyck de Vries is reportedly aiming to follow the career path of Nicholas Latifi, who changed the steering wheel for MBA at LBS in an attempt to requalify from the "King of walls" to the "King of Wall Street".

Nyck is about to start his course at Harvard (US) in September. #F1 pic.twitter.com/WfxQL2PtoY

— Simon Dau (@there_is_no_if) August 11, 2023

De Vries is not the only one on the Paddock to go to Harvard recently, as Team Boss of Mercedes, Toto Wolff will be teaching a course at the Harvard Business School for MBA students in January 2024.

Toto Wolff will now be teaching at Harvard.

The Mercedes team principal and billionaire investor has been named an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School.

He will teach a course titled "Mercedes F1: Leading a High-Performance Team" starting in January 2024. pic.twitter.com/TivDj4NRAp

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