The Sauber Van der Garde Dilemna

[rjbetty]

VDG doesn't have a superlicence right now, so I think Sauber can get by without having him for a while. Force Majeure or something like that?

A real dilemna indeed.

[Doc Austin]

A farce, what else can be sais. Not doing any favours for either party involved. But also bad for the sport.

No matter how this shakes out, it's still going to be a black eye fro Formula One.

I think we all want whatever is right legally and morally, but we also want two Saubers on the grid for the whole season. We also don't want Kaltenborn sitting in prison. After Bernie's legal farce we don't need another embarrassment like that.

I have hard time deciding who to support here.

Someone is going to get the hose either way.

Even if Sauber and Guido work it out, someone is still going to lose a Formula One drive. After the promising preseason the Sauber drivers had, I can't imagine the disappointment of losing an opportunity like that. They haven't done anything wrong and one of them still might be the hook.

That, and if Sauber can't pay back whomever they cut loose, we could see even more legal action. This is surely an expense Sauber doesn't need as they fight for financial survival.

I think we just have to hope we have two Saubers on the grid for the whole season.

[Mia 01]

He will not drive for Sauber!

[Duncan]

VDG doesn't have a superlicence right now, so I think Sauber can get by without having him for a while. Force Majeure or something like that?

A real dilemna indeed.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald article below, the hold up on Giedo's superlicense is Sauber themselves not signing the paperwork. If that's true, I wish them the best of luck persuading a court that that gets them out of their contract obligations. Of course, we don't know what the contract actually says, but presumably their attorneys have made the best arguments they have available, and nothing they have said has been persuasive so far.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspo...13-14362c.html

[Doc Austin]

According to the Sydney Morning Herald article below, the hold up on Giedo's superlicense is Sauber themselves not signing the paperwork. If that's true, I wish them the best of luck persuading a court that that gets them out of their contract obligations.

It's that's true, it's certainly not a good faith way of doing business.

[moto99]

That's what happen when you hire somebody based on sex and not their achievements. She's going to ruin Sauber's work of life

[Doc Austin]

Kaltenborn is a lawyer, right? What did she think was going to happen when she breached a multi million dollar contract?

[Duncan]

Kaltenborn is a lawyer, right? What did she think was going to happen when she breached a multi million dollar contract?

...and then continue to do whatever they were doing after a judge told them they couldn't do that. Judges are known to provide clarity to your thinking in these situations. If vdG doesn't get to drive this weekend, after the court issued clear instructions on the matter, I wouldn't want to be in Monisha's shoes showing up to court to explain herself.

[moto99]

Kaltenborn is a lawyer, right? What did she think was going to happen when she breached a multi million dollar contract?

After reading your post I got the image in my head of Kaltenborn asking herself a question from your sig.

[raybak]

VDG has stepped down in the interests of F1, and the sport. Wonder what he got offered last night?