Giedo van der Garde wins Sauber court case

[Pi_2R_0]

A fight for a seat in F1 !

Now, he has to adapt to the new C34 and Sauber has to admit its mistake.

Good luck Giedo.

 

[Sam Hill]

Why didn't Sauber just stick to their word and keep the first 2 drivers they signed instead of digging themselves a hole?

 

[Chris Jenkins]

What will be interesting now is what the existing Sauber drivers have in their contracts regarding having a seat for the 2015 season.

Sauber could find themselves in a vicious circle of s**t if they drop another contracted driver.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

What will be interesting now is what the existing Sauber drivers have in their contracts regarding having a seat for the 2015 season.

Sauber could find themselves in a vicious circle of s**t if they drop another contracted driver.

The question is, if the last contract(s) are valid, as they have sold a non-existing product. Sauber might just have to pay back the money they got, and then damages.

 

[realitychecked]

Why didn't Sauber just stick to their word and keep the first 2 drivers they signed instead of digging themselves a hole?

Money talks louder than actions.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

And then we have started again!

 

[Smartbean]

Though the Court's live feed seems to not show it, it's focused on a welcome ceremony of new judges/employees of the court

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Though the Court's live feed seems to not show it, it's focused on a welcome ceremony of new judges/employees of the court

I think only the verdict will be shown.

 

[Smartbean]

I think only the verdict will be shown.

I guess so, though I was hoping for live coverage
Guess I have to spam F5 on Adam Cooper's twitter feed

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

It does auto-update ?

Kate Jones and Adam Cooper twitter feed here!

 

[Smartbean]

I just noticed that it does, but the odd F5 won't hurt. Kate Jones' feed as well here and the court's one to, in case of announcements

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

It's not less embarrassing today either. Does that Sauber lawyer have any idea of what he is doing at all? And if he don't... Why doesn't Monisha represent herself(and the team).

 

[Smartbean]

aye, Sauber seems to get torn to pieces so far. I wonder how aggressive the judges are towards Ericsson/Nasr lawyers and even VDG's team when they get to speak.

Though I don't really get why Ericsson and Nasr's lawyers are allowed to speak as the judge yesterday already ruled that they (in the judgement: the 'Other Drivers') are no part in this dispute between VDG and Sauber, even though they might be affected by the outcome. That's why they weren't allowed to speak during Monday's hearing.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I really wish we had a livestream

 

[Yuri]

I'm jumping in here with you guys, did I miss something?

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I'm jumping in here with you guys, did I miss something?

To quote another guy
"The verdict can happen pronto. Judges are pissed and Sauber is dumb"

So, nah. Not really.

EDIT:
This was after 1 min

Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · 55m55 minutes ago
The three judges are already giving @SauberF1Team lawyer a hard time. They are much better informed than yesterday and taking no nonsense

then it just continued.


Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · 54m54 minutes ago
Judge tells @SauberF1Team "The point is you agreed to do something and that's what you should be doing..."

Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · 47m47 minutes ago
'@SauberF1Team using @GvanderGarde's lack of a superlicence as its key piece of evidence...


Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · 38m38 minutes ago
Exasperated judges keep asking @SauberF1Team why all the preparations for @GvanderGarde to drive were not done earlier...
(It is the teams that have to apply for a SuperLicense)

Kate Jones @Kate_Jones7 · 34m34 minutes ago
#F1: Judges ask Sauber why it hasn't challenged Swiss court's order allowing van der Garde to drive until now, when it's almost too late.


Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · 32m32 minutes ago
Judges keen to point out that @GvanderGarde won the first judgement against @SauberF1Team on Dec 3 and team has had plenty of warning

Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · 31m31 minutes ago
The @SauberF1Team lawyer was incorrect in telling driver applies for superlicence. Process is responsibility of the team

Kate Jones @Kate_Jones7 · 30m30 minutes ago
#F1 Court: Judge asks Sauber lawyer: "You have a contract. Why don't you just comply with it?" Clearly some frustration from the bench.

Kate Jones @Kate_Jones7 · 22m22 minutes ago
#F1 Court: Sauber's lawyer interprets order as only applying within Australia. Wouldn't affect rest of F1 season elsewhere. Judges disagree.


Aaaand that's where we are now!

 

[Yuri]

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Kate Jones @Kate_Jones7 · 5m5 minutes ago
#F1: Sauber statement from Dec 3 said 'teams are flexible' & 'driver-specific changes are done quickly.' Lawyer now insists 2 wks for seat.

2 weeks. Ye. Right.

I can actually see two things happening. Sauber ending under article 151(c) ."fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally"
And, if they keep on. They might be held for contempt of court.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

2 weeks?
I swear a 2-part foam moulded seat can be knocked up in the pit garage.

We saw it when Bianchi went from Force India to Marussia mid-testing a couple years ago.

Unless I'm taking the word 'seat' too literal in this context?

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Unless I'm taking the word 'seat' too literal in this context?

You are not.

However...

Adam Cooper @adamcooperF1 · now
Judge asks ERI/NAS lawyer: "@SauberF1Team has binding contracts with three drivers, which one should they breach?" Straight to the point