Van der Garde wins $1.9m in Force India ruling

Giedo van der Garde has won a long legal battle with Force India.

The Dutch driver had pressed for a $2 million refund because, when the team was known as Spyker in 2007, he did only 2270 of the 6000 kilometres of testing that he was contractually promised.

Media reports reveal that a court has agreed that Force India must pay van der Garde $1.865 million.

Fascinatingly, van der Garde’s manager Jeroen Schothorst said the ruling could help in his talks with Force India about a race seat in 2011.

“A few years ago this topic was a disadvantage, now it could be beneficial to us,” he said.

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