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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
 
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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?
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!

red bull - destroying young drivers’ confidence since 2005.
 
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It 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.
 
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your last paragraph fills me with so much joy apologies to both pierre and esteban but those teammate videos are going to be like couples therapy and i cannot wait.

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

 
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Can we please talk about how awful silverstone are being. Surely raising tickets prices based on demand is morally wrong. GA Sunday tickets ended up being £259
 
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That's adorable

Maybe AT are signing Nyck (if it happens) to give some of the juniors time to develop or time to prove themselves. Even before silly season, Marko had said that none of the juniors would be getting promoted.

Can we please talk about how awful silverstone are being. Surely raising tickets prices based on demand is morally wrong. GA Sunday tickets ended up being £259
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.
 
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Well this Nyck news was JUST what I needed after a long morning at work! GOOD LORD PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE. Petty French driver drama potential AND a fresh start for my man?! Pleaseeeee.

Off to do some research now! Este must be livid!

This may be the most wholesome thing I’ve ever seen - @LaBlonde you’re going to melt.

 
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is this legit?! @aidil come quick, your man might be getting out?!

Hi i'm jumping here from the other f1 thread. How are you all doing?
This info is legit, L'equipe (#1 french sport newspaper) was the first to talk about it yesterday. This morning AutoHebdo (biggest motorsport newspaper here) also published an article about it and they are usually reliable, especially when it comes to Alpine. This is still rumors, nothing is confirmed but nyck de vries was in austria with helmut earlier this week to, apparently, sign a contract for next year which let Pierre free to go to Alpine.
 
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Can we please talk about how awful silverstone are being. Surely raising tickets prices based on demand is morally wrong. GA Sunday tickets ended up being £259
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!
 
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thank you sm!!! i saw someone had linked the article but my french is non-existent - thank you for verifying

This may be the most wholesome thing I’ve ever seen - @LaBlonde you’re going to melt.

omg that is adorable (right up there with booping his own nose in a photograph on the latest ferrari bts vid) - I LOVE HIM

and for your man!!!
 
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Can we please talk about how awful silverstone are being. Surely raising tickets prices based on demand is morally wrong. GA Sunday tickets ended up being £259
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!
 
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I’ve just saw something about a nyck rumour this might be a really stupid question but what is it ??
Edit: nyck is going to AT ????
 
So at the moment Nyck is going to Alpha Tauri and Pierre is going to Alpine!
Nyck really saw the opportunity, was at the right place at the right time, and put in a really good application driving that Williams!

This also means we will have a 100% French team!
Long live the French ab-off!

Seb really didn't know what snowball-effect him retiring was going to have on all the teams
Especially with Fernando just: "see you later fuckers, I'm going to Aston" as the first move after that.

I love our silly sport!
 
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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
 
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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
!!! - 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
 
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!!! - 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
It’ll be late tonight.(around 23:00) But I’m going to try to stay awake
 
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It’ll be late tonight.(around 23:00) But I’m going to try to stay awake
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.

What a wild silly season
 
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