I’m pretty sure they have to get passed medically fit by the FIA doctor and I would assume they would have to pass the extraction test where they have to be able to get out the car within five seconds in full racing gear (I could be completely wrong though). Hats off to Alex if he does manage to drive at Singapore though I’m cautiously optimistic
merc/williams definitely owe them a favour and this is only good news hopefully for pierre but i don’t know how i would feel if i was in red bull’s HUGE talent pool of junior drivers. helmut is basically out here saying none of them are good enough, to the point that they were trying to grab a random indycar driver who didn’t even have the right licence!Just seen the news about Nyck too! Interesting. I always thought he would stay a Toto man but I suppose Williams did get Alex from RB so they may owe them a favour?
your last paragraph fills me with so much joyIt seems credible at this point, but it's F1. So who knows. We've seen Alpine announce someone who is driving for McLaren.
Wild that Nyck deVries might be the next AT driver or even get get a F1 seat. Definitely did not see that one coming last week. Is he on Marcus Ericsson's prediction list? I have to go check.
I'm excited for the possibility of two Norman drivers at a historically Norman team. Of course, it could be a total disaster. I did read someone saying that they can't wait for Pierre & Esteban to ace those 'how well do you know your teammate' quizzes and hating themselves for it.
apologies to both pierre and esteban but those teammate videos are going to be like couples therapy and i cannot wait.That's adorableyour last paragraph fills me with so much joy
nyck has really stormed in out of nowhere hasn’t he? i only ever saw him mentioned as a driver who had sort of missed his chance (i was even on this thread saying so!) before the weekend! he had the ultimate audition and passed it, so fair play to him. he deserves it. as said above though, i don’t entirely know how i would feel if i was in that red bull junior programme!
also, wish someone appreciated me as much as mick loves and appreciates seb
I saw a tweet this morning that a single ticket cost someone as much as it cost them to buy two in 2017. The price increases while people are stuck in an online queue is extortionate.
Hi i'm jumping here from the other f1 thread. How are you all doing?
It’s disgusting! So I got mine 1am on Thursday and by the time they sold out yesterday they were £100 more then I had paid!
thank you sm!!! i saw someone had linked the article but my french is non-existent - thank you for verifying
omg that is adorable
(right up there with booping his own nose in a photograph on the latest ferrari bts vid) - I LOVE HIM 
for your man!!!
The whole "dynamic pricing" thing makes me sick. As if it would ever have gone the other way and become cheaper if demand was somehow lower at any points in the day - it's just to charge as much as possible!
!!! - you will have to come back and let us know! i feel like something definite is getting announced in the next week tbh.Nyck wil be a guest at a dutch tv show tonight(humberto). It says that he’ll be talking about his f1 debut. But who knows what he’ll announce
It’ll be late tonight.(around 23:00) But I’m going to try to stay awake!!! - you will have to come back and let us know! i feel like something definite is getting announced in the next week tbh.
i am assigning you as Official Tattle Reporter
I imagine they’ll announce Pierre to Alpine first, possibly the week before Singapore and then Nyck after that as he may have had his second outing in the Williams then.It’ll be late tonight.(around 23:00) But I’m going to try to stay awake
