11 Mar 2015

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Oz court-order crisis for Sauber

IAN RANSOM
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<b>CRISIS FOR SAUBER:</b> Giedo van der Garde, sidelined by Sauber in Australia, now has the law on his side with a court order to drive. <i>Image: AFP</i>
<b>CRISIS FOR SAUBER:</b> Giedo van der Garde, sidelined by Sauber in Australia, now has the law on his side with a court order to drive. <i>Image: AFP</i>

MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian court has found in favour of Dutch driver Giedo van der Garde in his bid to force the Sauber Formula 1 team to let him drive for them this season.

"The application is successful and... will be enforced," Justice Clyde Croft told the Supreme Court of Victoria in handing down his judgment on Wednesday (March 11 2015), four days before the first race of the season in Melbourne.

The Melbourne court upheld a Swiss arbitration tribunal's decision ordering Sauber to refrain from taking action to deprive Van der Garde from racing for them.

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