Sauber is in a bit of a pickle...

"DeltawingGothamDeserves" (Dablog) 03/09/2015 at 09:41 • Filed to: None

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Giedo Van der Garde is fighting Sauber in Australia's supreme court to get his race seat back that he was promised in the 2014 season. They have to drop one of their drivers if the judge rules in his favor, potentially losing the team millions in sponsorship money. News links below:

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In short : Van Der Garde had a contract for 2015 to race with Sauber and they did not honor it. The reason he was abandoned is because Sauber needed pay drivers with bigger pockets, (Nasr/Ericsson), so they were dropped with little thought to the legal obligations to VDG/Sutil. VDG won his lawsuit in Switzerland, and now wants the Australian courts to enforce that rule and get him a drive. SO, now Kalterborn has to drop a driver if the courts rule in Van Der Garde's favor, losing the team lots of money, and a driver that has put in a ton of testing work already.

What do you think? Should the courts rule in Van der Garde's favor?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > DeltawingGothamDeserves 03/09/2015 at 09:58

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Since when does an F1 contract mean anything?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > DeltawingGothamDeserves 03/09/2015 at 10:15

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Moral of the story - have a buyout option.

McMike > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 03/09/2015 at 10:16

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I know. Sutil also supposedly had a contract.

Who can I sue to get Jennifer back on the grid?

DeltawingGothamDeserves > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 03/09/2015 at 10:18

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Well for Van Der Garde, it supposedly means about 10 million euros which he had already paid to the team at the end of 2014.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > McMike 03/09/2015 at 11:14

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That looks like a porn ad. "Blondie framed by two dicks".

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > McMike 03/09/2015 at 11:31

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I know! Who cares about Sutil? Bring his girlfriend back!

Gary Yogurt > DeltawingGothamDeserves 03/11/2015 at 15:40

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And he's won the case...this should be super interesting...