Giedo van der Garde
Van der Garde at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix.
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| Born | Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde 25 April 1985 Rhenen, Netherlands |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Dutch |
| Active years | 2013 |
| Teams | Caterham |
| Entries | 19 (19 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2013 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Previous series | |
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2009–12 2008–09–2011 2007–08 2004–06 2003 2003 |
GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries Formula Renault 2000 Masters Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands |
| Championship titles | |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series |
Giedo van der Garde (born Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde, 25 April 1985 in Rhenen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver. He drove for the Caterham F1 team in 2013 and joined Sauber as a reserve driver in 2014. His relationship with the latter team ended unceremoniously, because van der Garde was forced to take legal action to enforce a contract that he claimed he had to be a full-time driver for Sauber in 2015. The matter ended by mutual consent with a cash settlement paid by Sauber and van der Garde not pursuing his right to race with them.
Van der Garde has a successful karting career, winning the Dutch championship in 1998. In Super A he was best rookie in 2001 and world champion in 2002.
The following year he joined the Formula Renault 2000 Championship and finished sixth, driving for Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing. On the strength of his performance he became part of the Renault F1 Driver Development programme.
He joined the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2004 with Signature-Plus but after finishing the year ninth he was dropped by Renault Driver Development. A move to Team Rosberg for 2005 yielded another ninth in the series.
For 2006 he joined the ASM team, which had dominated the season in 2005 with Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil. The team claimed the top two places in the championship once more in 2006 – but it was van der Garde's team mates Paul di Resta and Sebastian Vettel who topped the leader board. The Dutchman ended the year sixth with a single victory. During the year he was easily in the top four fastest drivers, but bad luck and mechanical problems, like not even starting the Bugatti Circuit race from pole because he broke down on the warm-up lap for the race, prevented him from making the mark in figures rather than 'what if's'.
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