La FIA it frequently introduces updates to the sporting regulations, and a rule has recently come into force that benefits young drivers. Over the course of a season teams must reserve the possibility, in two free practice sessions, to pilots outside the Formula 1 to show off. on Friday of the French weekend the star team will reserve Lewis Hamilton's seat for an already familiar face.
Hamilton out, De Vries in
On Friday the circus lands at Paul ricard, in France. There Mercedes he decided to disembark seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton to get the Dutchman on board Nick DeVries, that will run on the W13 during FP1. It is the second time that the Formula 2 champion drives a single-seater in the top series, the first was in Spain on a Williams.
The situation of Ferrari and Red Bull
If the horse team has not yet fulfilled the obligation, leaving Robert Schwartzman with mouth watering, the Red Bull she stepped forward. The Milton Keynes team has already given the chance to Juri vips to drive, also in Spain, albeit assigning him to a series of steering tests which certainly didn't completely take away from him the whim of driving an F1.
SOURCE: FormulaPassion