Because his reputation will now proceed him, nobody will want to actively seek his out a driver who will sue to get what he wants because you never know at what point he's going to start throwing round writs, say he wants his coach parked over there, but you inadvertantly park it over here - is that going to result in a court case over it?

He may have the public support of his fellow drivers for standing up to Sauber, but you can bet that given the choice of GvdG or driver X both offering the same £££, team owner is going to plumb for driver X - less chance of being sued if the relationship, as most do, goes south at some point.

It was not the fact he sued, but the way he sued which will cause his future problems. But I guess it depends, if a team is on the brink, I'm sure they'll overlook his reputation and keep their fingers crossed.

Isn't there still a Contract Recognition Board in place in for F1? I wonder why VdG didn't go that route, instead of pursuing it through the courts.

I don't see any reason why VdG should be hanging his head. Imagine if someone takes 15 millions from you, the other party breaks the law and you'd not get any service in return. What would you do?

I would sue just like he did, but for compensation, not the race seat.

So Bouiller said it could take "a couple of years" before they catch up with the rest.

That sounds hopeless.

they had Mercedes engines and the know how.

again, they should have gone for reverse engineering and trying to improve what's the best around here