This morning, the Supreme Court of the Australian State of Victoria ruled binding Sauber to combat pilots in the Australian Grand Prix giedo van der garde. The judges upheld a similar verdict of the southern continent of their Swiss colleagues, handed down last week. However, even with the two court decisions in the hands of the Sauber team has no intention of backing down and threatens to appeal. The end of this strange and awkward conflict?
However, let us remember her eyeballs. In the summer of 2014 team Sauber signed with giedo van der garde combat pilot contract for the year 2015. 29-year-old Dutchman was already ot″ezdil full season in Caterham, and his test driver included and Sauber, and Caterham, and even Force India. However, in the autumn, the head of the Sauber Monisha Kaltenborn said the team plans have changed, and the new season of her colors will defend Marcus Ericsson and newcomer Felipe Nasr.
Van der garde with the current contract on his hands went to court, demanding to give him the opportunity to speak, and, as we have said above, achieved victory in two countries (at the place of registration of the defendant and the race). This morning Kaltenborn told reporters: We are disappointed in this decision and need to understand how it will affect our beginning of the season. In any case we do not intend to endanger the crew and other pilots, releasing to the track unprepared driver in a vehicle, adapted to very different people.
Obviously, these objections and will be contained in the appeal, which the court must consider tomorrow morning. The lawyers of van der garde's claim that their client is in a perfect physical shape and practice a driver change at the last moment in Formula 1 is not something exceptional. So, everything will be decided on Thursday. Imagine how shaking Nasr and Ericsson: after all, if the appeal fails, someone will have to give way to the Dutch contender... which side are your sympathies in this conflict?