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Originally Posted by S griffin
I think they did well. Kyvat had blown his chance, while Gasly deserves a chance and Hartley will hopefully be a good benchmark for him
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Kvyat had certainly blown it - but the other two are questionable:
There did seem some reluctance to put Gasly in (he'd been tested before - if he was "the next Max" then he'd have started the season in the car rather than Kvyat).
Hartley was brought back from the dead - they'd looked at him in the past and decided he wasn't up to it. Presumably once they'd dropped Gasly into one seat they then didn't have anyone on the conveyor belt with the credentials to put in the other seat. So out comes the list of 'rejects' and hey presto Hartley is in the car (presumably Buemi was another option). I'm not saying Hartley is a bad driver - he just looks to be a stop gap solution.