His own conclusion was reminiscent of a well-known advertising agency of a pot: "They were two fantastic half days," said Jonathan Kennard, who yesterday his Formula 1 test at the Renault team concluded. And in fact, Van der Garde was two days short indeed nothing other than a temporary worker, who "just work" had during the first wintertest session that all F1 teams - with the exception of the absent Toyota - this week in Barcelona finishing.
Of course, the 23-year-old Van der Garde enjoyed the brief collaboration with one of the most professional teams in motorsports. "In the beginning I felt a bit of a strange duck in the bite, but soon you're just with the engineers and mechanics to work." In total some 75 rounds spread over two days, rode in Rhenen born driver in the Renault R28, which last year was driven by race drivers Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet. The latter was long the two days' testing enjoyed "Van der Garde, but many had the Dutchman not to the Brazilian driver had. "Actually, I have absolutely no contact with Piquet," said Van der Garde. "And that was really not for me. I have tried a few times a call to knots, but he seemed not really interested ..." Van der Garde was realist enough to be test - a reward for this season he conquered championship in the World Series by Renault - on the correct value estimate. "It's a gift, nothing more. The team will not all be taken very seriously and you know in advance of course you already that they will never run faster than Piquet, that frustrates a little bit."
But most of the burden experienced Dutchman of space - or lack thereof - in the cockpit. "When I was in England last week to the chair to adapt, even as I thought it would be nothing," said the 182 centimeter long racer. "I could not even sit down, my knees knelden at the top of the monocoque. The Renault was built for Alonso and Piquet, both much shorter than me."
In Barcelona knew Van der Garde finally in his small studio space to pressing, but that was literally with pain and effort. "They have just been ijsspray legs", he pointed to his knees to bloedens tortured again, those two testing long suffered the most. But it could not print all the fun and had so informed Van der Garde, his performance in the car not affected. "Everybody at Renault is very satisfied with my performance. For me, this is the confirmation that I am the level of Formula 1 can handle." From today the focus for Van der Garde returned to his job as a driver in the GP2 Asia Series. It is he for Team iSport, one of the top teams in the class during the winter months a total of six race weekends contains. Van der Garde: "It will have to get used to the F1-violence back to graduate to GP2-racing cars, but it is no different. I will in any case I can do with the fact that I can have two days Testing in a race car that runs much faster than the car in which I step back. "
Through the GP2 Van der Garde hopes his dream, a chair race in Formula 1 ( "without money and then to take"), reality. "We have up to two years time," says Jeroen Schothorst, the driver who has one year to advise and help. Van der Garde agrees the tight timetable: "If within two years fails, the chances are over. But after the past two days, the urge to achieve my dream to become only stronger."
Of course, the 23-year-old Van der Garde enjoyed the brief collaboration with one of the most professional teams in motorsports. "In the beginning I felt a bit of a strange duck in the bite, but soon you're just with the engineers and mechanics to work." In total some 75 rounds spread over two days, rode in Rhenen born driver in the Renault R28, which last year was driven by race drivers Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet. The latter was long the two days' testing enjoyed "Van der Garde, but many had the Dutchman not to the Brazilian driver had. "Actually, I have absolutely no contact with Piquet," said Van der Garde. "And that was really not for me. I have tried a few times a call to knots, but he seemed not really interested ..." Van der Garde was realist enough to be test - a reward for this season he conquered championship in the World Series by Renault - on the correct value estimate. "It's a gift, nothing more. The team will not all be taken very seriously and you know in advance of course you already that they will never run faster than Piquet, that frustrates a little bit."
But most of the burden experienced Dutchman of space - or lack thereof - in the cockpit. "When I was in England last week to the chair to adapt, even as I thought it would be nothing," said the 182 centimeter long racer. "I could not even sit down, my knees knelden at the top of the monocoque. The Renault was built for Alonso and Piquet, both much shorter than me."
In Barcelona knew Van der Garde finally in his small studio space to pressing, but that was literally with pain and effort. "They have just been ijsspray legs", he pointed to his knees to bloedens tortured again, those two testing long suffered the most. But it could not print all the fun and had so informed Van der Garde, his performance in the car not affected. "Everybody at Renault is very satisfied with my performance. For me, this is the confirmation that I am the level of Formula 1 can handle." From today the focus for Van der Garde returned to his job as a driver in the GP2 Asia Series. It is he for Team iSport, one of the top teams in the class during the winter months a total of six race weekends contains. Van der Garde: "It will have to get used to the F1-violence back to graduate to GP2-racing cars, but it is no different. I will in any case I can do with the fact that I can have two days Testing in a race car that runs much faster than the car in which I step back. "
Through the GP2 Van der Garde hopes his dream, a chair race in Formula 1 ( "without money and then to take"), reality. "We have up to two years time," says Jeroen Schothorst, the driver who has one year to advise and help. Van der Garde agrees the tight timetable: "If within two years fails, the chances are over. But after the past two days, the urge to achieve my dream to become only stronger."
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