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Mixed fortunes at Spyker

At Spyker F1 there were mixed results. In the free practice session this morning Adrian Sutil surprised many when the German completed the session in first position. Christijan Albers though had problems in the morning and again in qualifying.

Speaking about Saturday's action Adrian Sutil said: "IIt was very surprising to see my name at the top of the times after practice, but I was obviously very pleased! I had the perfect run. In Qualifying later my first set of tyres were OK, but the track was not quite in so I took it a little bit easy as I hadn't used the soft tyres and didn't know what to expect. The second lap was very good and on the third I was really on the edge. The tyres performed very well and I was very close to P17. I did a good first sector, but then the tyres dropped down and I couldn't do the same again. It was a good day though and I hope in the race I can push back to the front.'

Christijan Albers was obviously disappointed. He said: "It was a bad day for me and it's a shame for the team that we couldn't do more. This morning I had some issues and now in the Qualifying with the hydraulic problem. It's sad I couldn't take advantage of the conditions but I am sure we'll get on top of them for tomorrow and have a good race."

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