Midseason Report: Grading Giedo Van Der Garde

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 st...

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