{"id":1679625,"date":"2022-10-08T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679625"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:06:23","slug":"motor-racing-verstappen-urged-de-vries-to-call-red-bulls-marko-after-monza-showing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motor-racing-verstappen-urged-de-vries-to-call-red-bulls-marko-after-monza-showing\/","title":{"rendered":"Motor racing-Verstappen urged de Vries to call Red Bull\u2019s Marko after Monza showing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmotor-racing-verstappen-urged-de-vries-to-call-red-bulls-marko-after-monza-showing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Abhishek Takle<\/p>\n<p>SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) \u2013     Formula One world champion Max Verstappen on Saturday said he urged compatriot Nyck de Vries to give Red Bull motorsport head Helmut Marko a call after his impressive debut at last month\u2019s Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>De Vries, who finished in the points after being called in at the last minute to stand in for appendicitis-stricken Williams racer Alexander Albon in Monza, was on Saturday announced as a replacement for Alpine-bound Pierre Gasly at Red Bull sister team AlphaTauri for next season.<\/p>\n<p>The move revived the 27-year-old\u2019s F1 hopes, after the former Formula Two and Formula E champion and Mercedes reserve appeared to have missed his chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is incredible for him,\u201d Verstappen said after taking pole position for Sunday\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix, which could yield him a second successive title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been pushing hard for it for a long time and to finally get that opportunity is amazing for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a dinner the day after Monza and I told him, like, just give him (Marko) a call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know what happens and it was also the right time to call him, so Helmut is still probably excited on a Monday from the race on a Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it worked out really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marko is a former racer whose responsibilities include looking after Red Bull\u2019s stable of young drivers and scouting for talent.<\/p>\n<p>De Vries will line up alongside Japan\u2019s Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Faenza-based outfit, where Verstappen himself got his start, he will join the same Red Bull fold as his compatriot.<\/p>\n<p>His step up to Formula One comes at a time of immense popularity for Formula One in the Netherlands, fuelled by Verstappen\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier on Saturday, AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost said de Vries had been on his radar for some time but that his performance at short notice in Monza convinced him to sign the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis had a great influence because it showed his potential,\u201d said the Austrian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe drove a fantastic race, did not make any mistakes and therefore it was an easy decision to take him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Abhishek Takle; Editing by Hugh Lawson)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/motor-racing-verstappen-urged-de\/attachment\/japanese-grand-prix-24\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9706M-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9706M-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/motor-racing-verstappen-urged-de\/attachment\/japanese-grand-prix-25\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9706K-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9706K-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abhishek Takle SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) \u2013 Formula One world champion Max Verstappen on Saturday said he urged compatriot Nyck de Vries to give Red Bull motorsport head Helmut Marko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}