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The revival of its racing heritage and the hiring of three German drivers — Nico Rosberg is the other racer, and Nick Heidfeld is a reserve driver — is a clear statement of intent to milk the series for all it can.
On August 20th , 1980 he walked into the Edmond, Oklahoma, branch of the United States Postal Service where he had been employed as a reserve driver for little over a year.
But unlike Hamilton — who started at a top team, nearly won the title in his first year and won it in his second season — Vettel started in a more traditional way, as a reserve driver at the BMW team in 2007, and became the youngest driver to test at a Grand Prix.
Van der Garde, who was a reserve driver with Sauber last season, claims to have a contract for a race seat this season but the financially troubled team have selected Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr as their drivers for 2015, with both the Swede and the Brazilian bringing lucrative sponsorship backing.
Vettel, after serving as a reserve driver at the BMW team, where he replaced an injured driver in a race in 2007, joined the former Minardi team, which had been renamed Toro Rosso, in 2008.
The driver and TV pundit Paul di Resta, who this year ended a two-year absence from Formula One when he joined Williams as a reserve driver, says: "It is Nico's title to lose.
"You are trying to find the shortest way around the track," said Heikki Kovalainen, a reserve driver for the Caterham team and former driver at several other teams.
Today, the country's greatest Formula One hope is Robert Wickens, who signed last week as a reserve driver for the Marussia Virgin team.
Bianchi was a reserve driver for the Silverstone-based team during the 2012 season and participated in nine Friday free practice sessions at various race weekends that year.
