The Mercedes F𝐆1 team principal and the ex-AlphaTauri driver wer෴e pictured at a cafe in Monaco on Wednesday, a day after Red Bull made their decision.

Toto Wolff and Nyck de Vrie💞s were seen at a café in Monaco today.

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De Vries lost his AlphaTa🐼uri drive after just 10 grands prix as a full-time driver, having not scored a single point all season.

Daniel Ricciardo will replace him immediaꦕtely, from next weekend's F1 Hungarian Grand Prix unt♒il the end of the season.

Wolff and De Vries have obvious history together so their♉ meeti💟ng is interesting.

Last season, De Vries acted as Mercedes' third dr꧟iver - a♒ role now occupied by Mick Schumacher.

At Monza last year, De Vries was able to step in and drive for Williams when Alex Albon was🧔 unwell. His impressive performance in that race, which drew plaudits from Le✤wis Hamilton, convinced Red Bull to place him in their sister team AlphaTauri for 2023.

But Helmut Marko, ﷽the Red Bull consultant, has lost his patience with De Vries already.

It remains to be seen if Wolff's influen🐼ce can help🔥 De Vries find another seat on the 2024 F1 grid.

Mercedes' close ties with Williams might be his best bet. Albon is co🦹ntracted for 2024 but Logan Sargeant is not y🔯et tied down.

Marko had expressed doubts that De Vries will get another shot in F1 and recommended🌱 he try a career in endurance🥂 racing.