Alexander Rossi joins Marussia as Reserve

Rossi joins Marussia F1 Team as new Reserve Driver. 

Recently long term Caterham boss Tony Fernandez sold the team to a Swiss and Middle Eastern Consortium. Former Dutch F1 driver Christijan Albers is taking over the running of the team. This is not the only change to have occurred. The team have let over 40 of their staff go. Perhaps one of the most shocking one would be the departure of their reserve driver, Alexander Rossi. His vacated seat at Caterham's GP2 racing team is to be filled by Tom Dillmann. 

You may be wondering who Alexander Rossi is. Well, let me enlighten you. Rossi is a Californian born aspiring Formula 1 driver.  Previously, he has been reserve and test driver at other F1 teams, including Sahara Force India. In addition to being reserve driver at the recently sold team, he also drove for them in GP2. He also instantly departed this seat. It is unknown as to why Rossi left the team so swiftly. Whether he chose to leave or whether he was dismissed is a question that has not been answered. 

Rossi didn't hang around without a team. Not days after his departure from Caterham had he been signed at his previous team's championship rival, Marussia who have recently scored their first ever championship points.  Again, not only is he their reserve driver but he is now racing for GP2 team Campos. 

He has been linked to the future American Haas team. They hope to join the grid in 2016. But for now, you an remain assured that Rossi has a reserve drivers seat and is still searching for his chance to drive in an actual race in Formula 1. Lets hope he gets there but for now, lets wait and see. 

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Featured Article: Driver Overview - Giedo Van Der Garde

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Giedo Van der Garde was born on April 25th in Rhenen, Netherlands and has been associated with many different racing series since the early 2000's. He signed with "Van Amersfoort" in 2000 to make his Formula Renault debut. After spending a few years competing in Formula 3 and Formula Renault 3.5, where he finished as Champion, he then signed on to the GP2 series where he finished 7th in the Championship. In 2011 he raced in the GP2 Asia Series with a team called "Barwa Addax" - His team-mate was Charles Pic.

The start to his F1 Career really started in 2012 when he was announced as a Reserve Driver for Caterham. With a handful of good practice sessions completed for the team throughout the season, Caterham gave him a main seat in 2013, where he partnered his former GP2 team-mate, Pic. He impressed with a P15 qualifying spot for the team and his best race finish of the season was 14th, in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

While Caterham was impressed, the team opted not to sign Giedo or Pic for the 2014 season. However, Sauber then announced that they'd signed Giedo as their main reserve/test driver. He has already completed 3 FP1 sessions for the team, including in: Bahrain, China and Spain.

While Sauber won't talk about whether or not he will he a main driver in 2015, one thing is for sure, he has impressed the whole team, including a proud Monisha Kaltenborn. Giedo does hold a lot of talent when it comes to racing and there's no doubt that teams will be eager to sign him for next year.

In addition to racing, he also enjoys cycling. He also expressed his happiness after recently marrying his girlfriend of 10 years.

You can check out his official Facebook Page here: www.facebook.com/giedovandergarde

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