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Spyker looking to build momentum

The Spyker team is looking to carry forward its momentum from the first three races. After difficult races in Australia and Malaysia, the team achieved its first double finish of the year in Bahrain and with new developments honed in a three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya earlier this week, there's reason to hope the upward trend will continue.

"We're getting there," commented team principal Colin Kolles, "Getting two cars to the finish in Bahrain was good, but we've got to do this at every race now. We've not as much at a disadvantage this time round in Barcelona as we've tested there before, so we should be able to close the gap to the back of the grid just that little bit more."

Chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne added, "The start of the season was difficult for us as we only had very limited pre-season testing, then we didn't do the two tests in Malaysia and Bahrain. We also introduced updates in Malaysia that were hard to do in the field, so it was always going to be tough. Barcelona however will be a much more representative demonstration of what we can do compared to the teams in front."

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