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Spyker making progress - Albers

Christijan Albers insists his Spyker team has taken a step forward in performance and closed the gap on its rivals following the last round of the F1 championship in Monaco.

"The gap to the others was smaller, for sure," Albers said. "We were not that far away in the race, it was a shame we could not finish, especially so close to the end. Monaco is a special track and the differences in cars are not so obvious, but I hope we can keep up like this for the rest of the season."

Albers went on to say that the team has found some improvements for this weekend's race in Canada. "We did find some gains in Paul Ricard," he revealed. "We were able to put in some kilometres and gather some reasonable data for the race, which should help us. We know that we are still lacking in top speed and Canada is a high speed track, but we tested some issues that will help us in the braking areas and with balance and set-up."

"We are always pushing for a good result," he added. "It's not always easy, but we have to go for it and push - the guys back at the factory really deserve it. At this point in the season we have to wait for the B-spec car to move forward a little bit more, but now, as a team, we have to concentrate on getting every small detail right to be competitive. We cannot afford to make any mistakes now, so that's got to be the goal at this race and every race now on - to be on top of everything."

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