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F1: New Spyker Set for European GP Debut
Written by: RACER Staff   http://www.racer.com
04/18/2007 - 07:00 PM
Northamptonshire, UK
 


Spyker's Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers have taken a beating in the first three '07 races. (LAT Photo) ยป More Photos

Super Aguri's quick evolution, helped by its use of a developed version of last year's Honda chassis, has left Spyker as the undisputed bottom runners of the 2007 Formula 1 season.

The Dutch team is not resting on such "laurels", however, and expects to introduce a thoroughly revised B-spec version of its F8-VII challenger in time for the European Grand Prix in July.

"We're actually bringing it forward to Germany," Spyker technical director Mike Gascoyne told the team's official website. "It's less of an update because we're doing more updates earlier.



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"The Malaysia [update] package wasn't originally planned, and we're doing some parts for Barcelona, and hopefully there will be a package for Monaco. So we're doing more sooner, which is good."

The B-spec car will consist of a much more comprehensive revision, however.

"It's a new rear end, new gearbox, new radiator layout, new bodywork, and so on," Gascoyne added. "Everyone's working hard. We already know that aerodynamically it will be a fairly major step, and there will be a big improvement in the stability of the rear of the car.

"We're going from rotary to linear dampers; when I was at Toyota we found that change to be a big step forward in terms of controlling the rear of the car. So we're pretty confident that we'll make progress."