Van der Garde waits on Superlicence
Giedo van der Garde will be Spyker's third driver at the Australian Grand Prix providing his application for a Formula One Superlicence is successful, autosport.com can reveal
The Dutchman recently signed as a test driver for the Dutch owned outfit, having quit Super Aguri, and the team are hoping that the necessary paperwork can be completed in time to give him a run in Melbourne.
Spyker team principal Colin Kolles said that nothing was definite yet, but he was hopeful that van der Garde would drive for them.
"We don't know yet, to be honest," he said when asked by autosport.com about his team's third driver plans for Australia. "Markus Winkelhock will be there and Giedo van der Garde will be there, and then we will see.
"For the moment Markus is our reserve driver and Giedo is planning to run on the Fridays. We have applied for the Superlicence and we have to wait for that. If everything is in place he will do the Friday."
Kolles said that the team hoped to have a third driver at every race, although they had not yet finalised their plans. He confirmed, however, that Fairuz Fauzy would do a session in Malaysia, with Adrian Valles pencilled in for Spain.
"We are generally running to plan a third driver only in the morning session, but it depends on the circumstances whether we run it or not.
"In Malaysia we plan to have a Malaysian driver, in Spain we will have a Spanish driver. So yes, Fauzy for Malaysia and for Barcelona, Valles."
Share Or Save This Story
Brundle awarded OBE in King’s New Year’s honours
The new rules dilemma that will define the 2025 F1 season
Jon Noble: An unfair perception or a genuine concern? Lifting the lid on Red Bull’s Tsunoda scepticism
The pre-race tweak that hampered Hamilton's British GP
MotoGP 2027 grid: All confirmed rider signings
Should the British GP ending cause a change in F1 safety car rules?
How Lola has revived a sportscar icon in a more sustainable form
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments