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Kovalainen rejoins Caterham | F1 News | Apr 2013 | Crash.Net
Interesting news. I suspect that Caterham realized quickly that they need an experienced driver to help with car development. Who knows, maybe they might be even grooming Heiki to take a car seat on weekends again.
Already under discussion:
http://www.motorsportforums.com/f1/1...ml#post1125490
after today's results, Heikki is sorely needed. Pic finished 17th, van de Garde 21st. What may happen, in the not-to-distant, is that Kova will be brought back as lead and either Pic or V d Garde will be retained as the #2. Or, Rossi, provided he places a top 5 finish in GP2, will be made the new #2.
From today it looks like Pic is the one who needs to be retained, he did pretty well. Only 10s behind a Torro Rosso, ahead of the hapless Gutierrez and comfortably ahead of the Marussias.
Keep in mind though that Pic had the updates and VdG didn't, so it wasn't exactly a fair comparison.
Ah, fair enough, I didn't know Van der Garde didn't have the updates. Well done to Caterham for developing some very successful updates in that case!Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Yes, it was always going to suck to be Giedo this weekend. And it seems as if the updates to Charles' car were significant, as he was nearly a second quicker than vdG in qualifying, pulled away from Bianchi quite easily during the race, and was within striking distance of a Toro Rosso (the one that qualified P7 last week!) at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
VdG also lost a lap after collecting a spinning Vergne on Lap 1 so didnt really show much during the race.
Except for Caterham again releasing him into the Marussia's path.
Pic done a great job and showed his potential from last year as Bianchi has. Those two may have futures.
"Kovalainen rejoins Caterham" Well, that's surprising :rolleyes: