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Retirement woes for Spyker
08 April 2007Spyker's Malaysian Grand Prix was almost over before it began as both Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers retired from the race before the seventh lap.
Adrian Sutil had made a good start to his second-ever Formula One event, however a suspension problem before the fourth corner caused him to make contact with one of the Hondas. The impact sent the German into the gravel trap and into retirement.
Christijan Albers also started well, passing Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi on the second lap to move into 19th position. The Dutchman kept pace with the back of the field and put in some competitive lap times until his car got stuck in first gear at the start of the sixth lap. Forced to run at extremely high revs to get back to the pits, the car overheated and caught fire on entry to the pit lane. Quickly extinguished by Spyker technicians, Albers' race was nonetheless brought to a close.
Adrian Sutil said: "I made a good start and got past many cars in the first corner and was right behind Button. Under braking for the fourth corner something snapped at the back and I lost control. It's really sad; you look forward to a race and then you only get half a lap. I'm disappointed for the guys too, working hard every day, but we will do better in Bahrain."
Christijan Albers commented: "It was such a shame to go out as I really had confidence in the car in the race. The guys in front were pulling away, but not that fast and I think we could have pushed and got back up there. Then there was the gearbox failure, where I got caught in first gear and came into the pits. Unfortunately with the high temperature, the car caught fire and that was it. I hope in Bahrain we're going to have the chance to show the progress we've made in the car this weekend."
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