Andy Stevenson & Mike Gascoyne (GBR), Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team F8-V11, Malaysian F1 Grand Prix, Sepang, Malaysia, 6-8th, April 2007

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Teams

• Force India

Drivers

• Christijan Albers
• Adrian Sutil

Spyker F1 team chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne has labelled the team's Malaysian Grand Prix a 'miserable' experience, after both of their drivers were forced out within the first 10 laps.

The Silverstone-based outfit came into the event eager to show they had make progress after putting together a 'significant aero update' for the event at Sepang.

However there was very little to smile about with Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil both qualifying at the back, before mechanical issues ended both of their races prematurely.

"A miserable end to a tough weekend," Gascoyne summed-up. "Adrian had a problem at the rear of the car, which caused him to have contact with a Honda through the fourth corner, while Christijan's car got stuck in first gear.

"We're yet to ascertain the reason for the failure, but as he ran at very high revs for a long time to get back to the pits, the exhaust got hot and the bodywork caught alight. We've now got to move on."

Sutil and Albers were equally disappointed with their predicaments, the former noting that the result was 'really sad', while the latter said it was a 'shame' as he had 'confidence in the car'.

Team boss, Colin Kolles meanwhile is hoping they can turn things around in Bahrain this weekend.

"I am disappointed we didn't get the chance to show the progress we had made with the car this weekend," he said."We knew over the longer runs we were confident of showing an improvement in pace.

"We'll carry the developments onto Bahrain, where we'll hopefully be able to demonstrate how far we've come."