Giedo van der Garde - F1 Fanatic archive
Caterham announce Giedo van der Garde as third driver 4th February 2012, 16:33
Dutchman Giedo van der Garde has been announced as Caterham’s third driver.
Turvey heads iSport 1-2 (GP2 Asia) 5th February 2010, 15:46
When I spoke to Oliver Turvey last month he reckoned missing the pre-race test at Abu Dhabi had kept him from doing better in his first two GP2 Asia races. He proved that with a fine win in the third race of the championship at the Yas Island circuit after a gripping and – at [...]
F1 blogs & more: At least two lawsuits 19th June 2008, 15:00
Disgruntled Japanese F1 fans are suing the Fuji International Speedway, home of the Japanese Grand Prix. And an even more disgruntled ex-F1 tester is suing his former team. Read my selection of F1 highlights from around the web below including James Allen reacting to criticism of his comments about Lewis Hamilton and Ayrton Senna, Jacques [...]
2008 testing round-up 2 8th December 2007, 19:02
This week saw the final four days of testing of 2007. Although much was made of the opportunity to compare Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton on track at the same time, in reality the diversity of testing programmes being run meant that no worthwhile comparison was possible. Teams ran a mixture of grooved and slick [...]
F1 in the news 61: No Raikkonen vs Schumacher at test 30th November 2007, 7:00
In the F1 news this week Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen are avoiding each other, seven drivers are fighting over one seat at Force India and Grand Prix Masters is dead and buried. Read on for 24 news stories from the world of Formula 1. Share this with your friends: Tweet
2008 testing round-up 1 18th November 2007, 17:58
The 2008 winter testing got under way at Barcelona this week as the teams prepared for the first race without traction control since 2001. This was the first of two tests before the break, the second at Jerez next month. Here’s what the teams were all up to. Share this with your friends: Tweet
Pictures: First glimpse of Force India F1 team 13th November 2007, 14:18
Spyker, which becomes Force India F1 Team in 2008, are testing at Barcelona in an interim livery today. Giedo van der Garde (McLaren development driver, Renault Word Series racer) and Roldan Rodriguez (GP2 racer) drove. Hopefully the final car will look totally different, otherwise F1 looks set to lose the distinctive bright orange of Spyker [...]
Alonso and Prodrive central to 2008 driver market 10th October 2007, 9:00
The news that Prodrive will not be using McLaren’s chassis next year raises more questions about who will be racing in F1 in 2008. Ralf Schumacher is leaving Toyota but his F1 career may not yet be over. Alexander Wurz’s departure opens up a space at Williams. And of course there is the unresolved question [...]
Alonso and Hamilton want split 1st October 2007, 16:53
Fernando Alonso: I’d be delighted if I didn’t carry on with Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton: I’d much rather it were Fernando at Ferrari and me at McLaren. But it looks ever more likely that Alonso will return to Renault rather than switch to Ferrari. Share this with your friends: Tweet
2008 driver line-up almost set 5th September 2007, 9:00
The driver market for 2008 is settling down – although everyone is still watching to see if Fernando Alonso will storm out of McLaren (and away from Lewis Hamilton), to join his old team Renault. Several teams have now confirmed their 2008 line ups and are sticking with their current drivers – with the notable [...]
