Giedo van der Garde confirms he has agreed a deal to sever ties and his 'right' to an F1 race seat with Sauber, but slams the management for his treatment
Giedo van der Garde believes Eau Rouge can still be 'flat-out' as he returns to the Sauber cockpit for 90 minutes of F1 action on one of his favourite circuits.
Giedo van der Garde: I have to say that's one of my best ever races. The car was great today and the work the boys did in the stops, they were really on it and that helped a lot in the race.
For the second Grand Prix in a row, Giedo van der Garde was out of the race almost before the dust had settled from the start. And he was not happy with Marussia's Max Chilton.
Race stewards have decided that no-one was 'wholly or predominately to blame' for the accident which removed Giedo van der Garde and Jules Bianchi from the Japanese Grand Prix.
At the end of the Korean Grand Prix, a number of race stewards' investigations were launched into some of the events that took place, with Charles Pic and Jules Bianchi earning grid penalties.
Giedo van der Garde admits that another P3 in qualifying may not come his way in 2013, but is optimistic that Caterham can press on its quest for tenth in the constructors' championship.
Three time Guild of Motoring Writers Journalist of the Year Award winner David Tremayne casts his eye back over the Belgian Grand Prix and a win for Sebastian Vettel...
Thursday FIA press conference from Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium with Jules Bianchi (Marussia), Charles Pic (Caterham), Giedo van der Garde (Caterham), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus).
Thursday FIA press conference from Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium with Jules Bianchi (Marussia), Charles Pic (Caterham), Giedo van der Garde (Caterham), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus).
Two incidents in which he made contact with other cars saw Caterham's Giedo van der Garde handed a grid penalty for the British Grand Prix - for ignoring blue flags.
Giedo van der Garde was having an impressive Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, handily winning the battle of the 'back row teams' - right up until the wheels came off his campaign.