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Gasly: I received a text saying I might be driving

Formula 1's new kid on the block Pierre Gasly revealed he only found out he would make his Toro Rosso debut at this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix on Monday this week – and the news came to him via a text message. Gasly, the 2016 GP2 champion, has replaced Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull junior team for at least the next two grands prix. 'I traveled from Tokyo on Monday to Malaysia, and when I got here I received a text saying that I might be driving this weekend,' the 21-year-old Frenchman told reporters on Thursday. 'I got really excited about it. I tried to sleep on Monday night, which was a bit difficult, with all the excitement. On Tuesday morning I had the confirmation that I was...
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