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Van der Garde right to take Sauber to court says Ecclestone

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Giedo van der Garde was right to pursue Sauber in the courts earlier this year. As the 2015 season began in Melbourne, Dutch driver van der Garde almost brought the curtains down on the Swiss team as he pressed his claim for a race seat. And Ecclestone now backs van der Garde, who ultimately accepted a settlement. 'A deal is a deal,' the F1 supremo told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf some seven months later. 'I work the same way myself.' With a valid contract in hand, van der Garde fought hard for his race seat at Sauber, even though the midfield team had subsequently signed up Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson. Ecclestone said: 'If someone else...
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