Giedo van der Garde made his first appearance in an F1 race weekend during practice for the Chinese Grand Prix.
Here are pictures of Caterham’s new reserve driver in action plus more photographs from the first two practice sessions at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Mark Webber, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Mark Webber fans, Shanghai, 2012
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Jenson Button, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Mark Webber, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Mark Webber, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Jenson Button, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Bruno Senna, Williams, Shanghai, 2012
Bruno Senna, Williams, Shanghai, 2012
Bruno Senna, Williams, Shanghai, 2012
Timo Glock, Marussia, Shanghai, 2012
Charles Pic, Marussia, Shanghai, 2012
Charles Pic, Marussia, Shanghai, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Paul di Resta, Force India, Shanghai, 2012
Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, Shanghai, 2012
Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, Shanghai, 2012
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Jenson Button, McLaren, Shanghai, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Shanghai, 2012
Sergio Perez, Sauber, Shanghai, 2012
Sergio Perez, Sauber, Shanghai, 2012
Sergio Perez, Sauber, Shanghai, 2012
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Mark Webber, Red Bull, Shanghai, 2012
Jules Bianchi, Force India, Shanghai, 2012
Jules Bianchi, Force India, Shanghai, 2012
Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, Shanghai, 2012
Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, Shanghai, 2012
Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, Shanghai, 2012
Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, Shanghai, 2012
Pedro de la Rosa, HRT, Shanghai, 2012
Pedro de la Rosa, HRT, Shanghai, 2012
Pedro de la Rosa, HRT, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Pedro de la Rosa, HRT, Shanghai, 2012
Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, Shanghai, 2012
HRT, Shanghai, 2012
Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, Shanghai, 2012
Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, Shanghai, 2012
Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Shanghai, 2012
Michael Schumacher, Romain Grosjean, Shanghai, 2012
Yeah exactly my point. Why that guy is complaining about the amount of Hamilton photos I dont know. Love the way people always jump to the ‘British Bias’ thing everytime Hamilton is mentioned.
Sorry guys, that was just a humble attempt at being ironic. I’m a big fan of this site and I know that people sometimes accuse @KeithCollantine of not being objective enough. I personally haven’t found a website that’s more impartial than F1F so this was just a parody.
Besides, comparing me with 14-year old teens is a serious insult. To the 14-year old teens.
@girts you are a disgrace! Keith is clearly biased against HRT ;)
Should have realised – I guess the potential for such comments to be irony-free is perhaps lower than it used to be. I know you’re a long time fanatic of course.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
13th April 2012, 13:09
Pictures of cars pulling into the pit lane always look great here. The main straight spectator stand is enormous!
Girts (@girts)
13th April 2012, 13:41
Totally biased choice of pictures, 5 photos of Hamilton and just one of Karthikeyan.
KeeleyObsessed (@keeleyobsessed)
13th April 2012, 15:06
@girts There’s none of Marussia at all! :P
Girts (@girts)
13th April 2012, 15:14
@keeleyobsessed What a huge scandal! I didn’t notice that as I was too busy trying to find some nice images of my current* favourite Narain.
* I added NK to the list of my favourite drivers after his incident with Vettel at Sepang. I think I’ll have to remove him again this Sunday.
CarnivorousPope (@)
13th April 2012, 16:09
Apart from the fact that there is. Sure.
Steve
13th April 2012, 21:21
Love how you point out that there’s 5 Hamilton photos, yet you fail to note how there’s in fact 8 photos of Scumacher.
Don
13th April 2012, 21:55
Quality of the comments at this site are now just complaining 14yr olds with internet connections. Where did the F1 fans go?
Steve
14th April 2012, 12:10
Yeah exactly my point. Why that guy is complaining about the amount of Hamilton photos I dont know. Love the way people always jump to the ‘British Bias’ thing everytime Hamilton is mentioned.
John H (@john-h)
13th April 2012, 21:54
Try reading the comments from the last two GP. It’s full of people saying how there are no McLaren photos!
John H (@john-h)
13th April 2012, 21:55
Ah, perhaps I missed the sarcasm :) … or did I?
Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
13th April 2012, 22:43
You certainly did not!
Girts (@girts)
14th April 2012, 13:37
@john-h , Steve, Don
Sorry guys, that was just a humble attempt at being ironic. I’m a big fan of this site and I know that people sometimes accuse @KeithCollantine of not being objective enough. I personally haven’t found a website that’s more impartial than F1F so this was just a parody.
Besides, comparing me with 14-year old teens is a serious insult. To the 14-year old teens.
John H (@john-h)
14th April 2012, 15:10
@girts you are a disgrace! Keith is clearly biased against HRT ;)
Should have realised – I guess the potential for such comments to be irony-free is perhaps lower than it used to be. I know you’re a long time fanatic of course.
lubhz (@lubhz)
13th April 2012, 22:16
So Sauber lost Claro’s big logo on the engine cover, but what is ‘out of the blue’?
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/saub-shan-2012-2.jpg
Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
13th April 2012, 22:44
Perhaps because they scored an “out of the blue” second place at sepang?
Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
13th April 2012, 22:48
After a quick search I found out they still have Claro listed as on of their sponsors.
http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/partners/premium_partners/claro.cfm
lubhz (@lubhz)
14th April 2012, 0:42
Their logo are still on the front wing, but not on that bigger area anymore.
lubhz (@lubhz)
14th April 2012, 0:40
Indeed it’s written only on Perez’s car, #15 :-)