Van der Garde also wins a summary judgment against Sauber [updated]
Posted on 11-03-2015 at 1:03 by JordyS – 79 Comments”
Bizarre, but true: with a bit of luck there at the season opener in Australia two Dutch riders at the start.
That Giedo van der Garde has a right to one of the seats at Sauber should now be clear. The Swiss team selected in June, namely to be an option in the contract of the test driver to inform, so that he sits early in the year could be preparing for a season as a permanent driver. To Sauber in november announced that not Van der Garde, but Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr in 2015 for the team in action.
Why? The team stood there in financial terms for quite a while not so rosy for and with the money from these two riders were hoping the Swiss are still a bit longer to be able to sing. Van der Garde wanted the team, however, the appointments to keep and was recently upheld by the Swiss courts: he has a legal contract and should be in 2015 so racing.
Sauber seemed to be, nevertheless, not going to him in one of his two cars to convert, because that would supposedly far too dangerous. Bullshit of course, but you need to what to sponsordollars to secure. Our countryman commenced, therefore, also in Australia, a summary procedure with only one commitment: to enforce that he is the Grand Prix in Melbourne would be allowed to drive.
Or that will happen, that remains to be seen, but also the Supreme Court of Victoria ruled that Van der Garde in his right. The Dutchman will know in a comment to be ready for his first Formula 1 kilometers of 2015. “I am fit, fitter than ever even. I look forward to return to work with the team and hope for a good result to put down. I’ve always like they worked and the relationship is still good. Now we can finally get back to work.”
The team from Sauber shows, in a statement to know ‘disappointed’ to have and have yet to see what the impact of the decision. Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn: “We refuse, our team or other riders in danger by an unprepared driver in our car. Or we thus must conclude that Van der Garde, Grand Prix, on his stomach, can write? Sauber promises to be there later on to come back, but it seems to us to be the best as the Swiss with a few million euros over the bridge and Van der Garde sent home with an appropriate compensation.
UPDATE 08:00 – just was announced that Sauber to appeal against the ruling. Sauber is trying really to do everything to ensure that Giedo coming weekend is not allowed to race in Melbourne. The profession had partly already Wednesday, but the so-called Supreme Court has the treatment will be suspended until Thursday morning local time.