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Van der Garde was announced as test- and reserve driver for Super Aguri, so he needs to be present for the team if one of the drivers would have an injury. But how can he be driving on Friday's for Spyker than??
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
I didn't even know it was allowed to have two teams racing in the same series, as a driver than! And to be honoust, I don't understand...SpykerF1 and Super Aguri are close rivals, van der Garde would know the secrets of both cars.
Giedo van der Garde has quit his role as third driver at Super Aguri to sign as test driver for Spyker, autosport.com has learned.
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
What is going on... he should have stayed with Super Aguri...at least he has a chance to work with a better team then Spyker.. I think this was one biggest mistakes so far in the 2007 season.
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
Massa signed a contract with Ferrari in 2001 and was placed to the Sauber F1 Team in 2002 and 2004, 2005. He was always under contract with Ferrari!
Here is more information about the van der Garde-case http://www.f1technical.net/news/4820
Appearantly there was some kind of problem with Van der Garde and Super Aguri. Now he can fill in Spyker F1 about what has been going on at SA the last couple of weeks of course. This will certainly effect the relationship of SA and SpykerF1.
Maybe Giedo had a problem with the fact that he could only drive 4 laps yesterday while he tried to obtain his super license? We'll probably never know...
ps: Funny thing. Van der Garde just has remodeled his site (only recently) and already he has to change it again LOL!!
f1.redbaron wrote:Wasn't Massa a Sauber driver and a Ferrari test-driver?
I think Sauber had to take him as part of the engine deal.
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
It gets better and better...it looks more and more like a soap on tv
Super Aguri now claims that they don't know anything of van der Garde breaking his contract
Wayne Humphreys, Super Aguri's Chief Financial Officer, told autosport.com: "We are surprised to read the press release issued today as we have a contract with Giedo van der Garde to drive with the Super Aguri F1 team."
If they still have a contract with him...than why didn't he came in action today as he was going to obtain his super license this week??
I think it's funny...two teams fighting over a rookie that has driven 4 laps in an F1 car at the speed of a snail [/quote]
I guess he has potential, I think its good that he is getting in with as many teams as possible, although now he has to combat the rumours. bear in mind Schumacher was with Benneton and Jordan at one time, although it took just one race for Michael to stab Eddie in the back.
Anyway I'd rather be at Spyker than Aguri any day, Spyker are run by racing enthusiasts and sportscar designers over a century old, Super Aguri was just an excuse to chuck Sato in a car and sell as many Honda as possible.
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
http://www.f1technical.net/news/4820
