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Gascoyne: First point a reward for the team

Spyker Formula One's chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne was very pleased with the team's first point at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. After introducing the team's new B-spec car at the race before in Belgium it is a great reward for the team to score a point said Gascoyne.

Speaking about how pleased he is Gascoyne said: "It's very satisfying and it really exceeds our expectations as a team. We've introduced a new car, we have a 100% finishing record with it and have raced other teams with a much higher budget than ours. To score a point is all we could have asked for and it's a just reward for all the team. Just because we are at the back of the grid, we don't work any less than the teams at the top, so I am very pleased we have got this point and am very proud of everyone involved.

The B-spec car has moved the team further up the grid. Something that is very encouraging for the team Gascoyne said. He added: "We've now had two cracking races with the B-spec car, and six finishes out of six with it as well. So the team is doing a good job. Teams with far more resources than us have not been as successful or seen such a step forward with the new mods they have introduced, so this result in Japan is very good for the team. Now we've got the wind tunnel up and running, give us six months before next season and people will have to look out.

Gascoyne furthermore revealed the team will run the same specification in China as the one the team raced in Japan.

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