Midseason Report: Grading Giedo Van Der Garde

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Published: August 2, 2013

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Exactly what have you got to lose pootling around the back of the field every grand prix weekend? No pressure, no expectation, all the glitz and glamour. It must be the best job in the world to drive for Caterham, surely?

For Giedo van der Garde, a young budding driver wanting to make his way in the sport in his debut season, it couldn’t be further from the truth. Especially when your results are graded purely against your own teammate and the two Marussia cars.

Here’s how the Dutchman has fared so far in 2013:

Van der Garde achieved his first goal of the season by out-qualifying teammate Charles Pic in Australia, although his Caterham was still an alarming half a second off Max Chilton’s Marussia. He also made a decent start, passing a few cars into the first corner on his supersoft compound tyre until a slow puncture on the medium compound cost him dearly. The net result: 18th and last place behind his rivals. But he confessed himself happy with the start to his F1 career in Caterham’s team press release.

“For me that was a reasonable start to my F1 career. It was really important to finish my first race and that's exactly what I did so I'm pretty happy with how it ended up.”

The Dutchman blamed oversteer on his option tyres en route to a disappointing last on the grid in Malaysia, but he fared better on race day, again starting well to pass cars before good pit work allowed him to get the jump on Max Chilton’s Marussia.

China and Bahrain were less encouraging, with more tyre woes leaving Van der Garde last on the grid and last on race day in China before a collision with Jean-Eric Vergne’s Toro Rosso on the opening lap destroyed his front wing on the opening lap in Bahrain, effectively ruining his race.



 

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