Robin Frijns has parted company with Caterham after his contract with the outfit expired on Monday. Frijns, the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion, joined Caterham at the start of the year after spending 2013 in a reserve role with Sauber. Frijns participated in pre-season testing and received practice outings in Bahrain and Britain, but his role with the team was cast into doubt when the team entered administration. "I’d like to say thank you and goodbye to all the people at Caterham F1 Team, […]

Reserve driver Robin Frijns will return to the cockpit of the Caterham CT05 at this weekend's British Grand Prix. Frijns, who joined the team at the start of the year, will replace Kamui Kobayashi in the first session on Friday. "I’m back in the 2014 car for the first time since Bahrain and excited about getting back in the cockpit and helping us make some progress again, and seeing how the car has developed since early April," he said.  "The last few races have obviously […]

Robin Frijns expressed his delight after completing his first Formula 1 practice session in Bahrain. Caterham reserve driver Frijns participated in the first practice session in place of Kamui Kobayashi where he set the 21st fastest time. "It was good to get my first FP1 done, and especially good for the team that we had our first problem free first practice session of the season so far," he said. "35 laps is exactly what we’d targeted and we completed a program that was all about […]

Robin Frijns will participate in the first practice session for Caterham at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. It will be his first outing during a Grand Prix weekend, where he will drive Kamui Kobayashi's car. Frijns joined the team at the start of the year and has already sampled the Caterham CT05 during pre-season testing in Spain and Bahrain. "I’m excited about being back in the car for my first FP1 of the 2014 season with Caterham, especially as I already have experience of the […]

Caterham team principal Cyril Abiteboul says he is pleased with the input made by new signing Kamui Kobayashi. Former Toyota and Sauber driver Kobayashi joined Caterham in January having spent 2013 in the World Endurance Championship. Like several teams, Caterham has endured difficulties during pre-season testing as the CT05 encountered technical issues. But Abiteboul is upbeat about the progress made by Kobayashi and his team-mate Marcus Ericsson. "I’m very pleased with how all three drivers we have run in the tests have integrated with the […]

Caterham reserve driver Robin Frijns says he is pleased with the team's progress since the first test at Jerez. Frijns opened proceedings in Bahrain for Caterham and set the seventh quickest time. The Dutch driver completed 68 laps. "We’ve obviously made quite a lot of progress since Jerez and having finished the day with 68 laps, a lot more than the other Renault powered teams, I think everyone can be quite pleased with how this test has started," said Frijns "For me it’s still too […]

Formula 1’s driver market rarely remains static and the sport has been typically fluid in that respect over the winter break. Down at Caterham they had a complete overhaul as Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde exited the team in favour of Japanese fans favourite Kamui Kobayashi and Swedish rookie Marcus Ericsson. The appointment of Ericsson to a Formula 1 seat had been rumoured since last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix and the team duly confirmed the news in the run-up to the first test […]

Caterham reserve driver Robin Frijns will have his first outing for the team at the first test of the season next week. The Dutch driver will test the Caterham CT04 on Thursday at Jerez next week. Caterham will hand the first two days of running to rookie driver Marcus Ericsson. Formula 1 returnee Kamui Kobayashi will drive on the final day of the four day test.

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Robin Frijns has joined Caterham as the team's official test and reserve driver. Frijns won the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2012 and participated in selected GP2 rounds in 2013. He also acted as Sauber's reserve driver for a period in 2013 and took part in the young driver test at Silverstone. Frijns will join Alexander Rossi at the team, as the American continues in the role he occuped in 2013. "I am more than happy that Caterham and Renault have given me the chance […]