Andre Lotterer’s Caterham Debut Shows There Is More Than 1 Way to Break into F1

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Published: August 31, 2014

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Andre Lotterer's cameo with the lowly Caterham team at the Belgian Grand Prix was one of the feel-good stories on a weekend of ill-feeling due to the outbreak of war at Mercedes.

Little was expected of the German driver when he was formally announced as Kamui Kobayashi's replacement less than two days ahead of the first free practice session, despite the outfit championing the 32-year-old's experience, feedback and expertise in changeable weather conditions.

His main goal for his first (and probably last) grand prix weekend, you suspect, was to avoid the kind of humiliation that Luca Badoer suffered at the same circuit in 2009.



Badoer, of course, deputised for the injured Felipe Massa at the Valencia street circuit and Spa, where he finished—according to the official Formula One website—over 100 seconds adrift of the race winner, Kimi Raikkonen, who was driving an identical car. 

Since then, every driver who has ever made his Formula One debut, or has stepped into a seat, during an existing campaign—especially due to the shortage on in-season testing—has run the risk of coming down with a dose of what we like to refer to as "Badoer Syndrome."



Most of them, it must be said, have evaded the condition.

Vitantonio Liuzzi, for example, replaced Giancarlo Fisichella—Badoer's successor at Ferrari—for the final five races of 2009 and earned himself a full-time seat for 2010.

Nick Heidfeld took Pedro de la Rosa's seat at Sauber for the last five grands prix of 2010 and scored the same amount of points as the Spaniard had claimed in the preceding 14 events.

Daniel Ricciardo, meanwhile, recently explained to Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson of Autosport how his midseason bow with HRT in 2011 helped to shape the driver who has won three races this season.



If any driver was susceptible to Badoer...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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