Spyker Formula 1

Spyker F1 is a Formula One team created in September 2006 by Spyker Cars, after the buyout of short lived outfit Midland F1. The change to the Spyker name, meant that the team switched racing livery from the red and white previously... [more]

Add Content

RSS

Articles

Sorted by: Top Picks

+ write article

SPYKER CARS RELOCATES ITS VEHICLE ASSEMBLY LINES TO THE UK

Written by

studio on

From: news.taume.com

Spyker Cars N.V., manufacturer of exclusive premium sports cars, announces today that it will relocate vehicle assembly to its supplier, CPP (Manufacturing) Ltd, UK. Read Full Story

Add Comments

Car of the Day - Spyker C8 Aileron

Written by

rodhalligan on

From: www.car-of-the-day.com

Car of the Day - Spyker C8 Aileron Spyker first displayed their new 2nd generation car in prototype form at the 2008 Salon International de l’Automobile in Geneva, the production version was launched at the same show one year later. After establishing the new Spyker brand in 2000 the company has had enough success to have get through the hump years and is now one of the top three niche SuperCar builders in Europe. Spyker, Pagani and Koenigsegg are to the naughties what De Tomaso, Bizzarini and Iso where to the sixties. All have built individualistic cars using sourced engines clothed in beautiful European ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Gascoyne: Lotus aim to be the best of the newbies

Written by

QTMedia on

From: f1.autotrader.co.uk

Lotus F1 Racing's chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne is confident the outfit will be the best of Formula One's new teams despite their late addition to the 2010 grid. Read Full Story

New, improved Force India want to make a point

From: www.afp.com

A refurbished Force India begins the new Formula One season this month determined to clock their first points and prove they are not there just to make up the numbers. The Silverstone-based team made an unhappy debut last year when it not only failed to win a single point, but Adrian Sutil completed just seven of the 18 races and fellow-driver Giancarlo Fisichella crashed out in seven. Flamboyant Indian beer-to-airline tycoon Vijay Mallya, who raised the team after buying out Spyker in October 2007 with Dutch businessman Michiel Mol, will not tolerate another failure. "We are not expected to win races, but we certainly ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Spyker warn drivers against further mistakes

Written by

premalshah on

Linked from http://www.formula1.com/news/6281.html --- Spyker bosses Colin Kolles and Mike Gascoyne have revealed they chastised drivers Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil after the pair crashed out of last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Kolles and Gascoyne believe the action-packed Montreal race represented the team's best opportunity so far to score points and were disappointed to record a double DNF, especially when both retirements were down to driver errors - Sutil hit a wall on lap 22, while Albers ran over a chicane too heavily on lap 48 and damaged his F8-VII's front wing. “Given the way the race went, we could have been in for ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Spyker to open sports bar in Holland

Written by

premalshah on

Linked from http://www.formula1.com/news/6019.html --- The Spyker team have signed an agreement with Dutch brewers Heineken to launch the Netherlands' first-ever Formula One-themed sports bar. As part of the deal, Heineken will also become the team’s official beer supplier for trackside events. The exact location and opening date of the bar will not be announced until July, but the venue will carry both Spyker’s and Heineken’s branding, and encourage customers to enjoy alcohol in a responsible fashion. “This Formula One sports bar fits with our ambitions of being the most innovative brewer,” said Herwin van den Berg, Marketing Director of Heineken Nederland. “Furthermore, the co-operation ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Interview with Spyker’s Mike Gascoyne

Written by

premalshah on

Linked from http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2007/8/6618.html --- When Spyker’s Adrian Sutil crossed the Hungarian finish line in front of Honda’s Rubens Barrichello, the Dutch team received a welcome confidence boost. Now, with a B-Spec car on the way and a new wind tunnel in action, chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne has a couple more reasons to smile… Q: In Hungary Sutil finished ahead of Honda’s Rubens Barrichello - whose team won the same race last year. Was it encouraging to be able to race and beat one of the works cars like that? Mike Gascoyne: Okay, we were racing at the back, but when you consider that ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

News

/ edit news

Böses Blut in der Formel 1: Trulli und Sutil streiten sich auf Pressekonferenz

Auch zwei Wochen nach ihrem Unfall in Brasilien haben sich die F-1-Piloten Jarno Trulli und Adrian Sutil noch nicht wieder beruhigt. Auf einem Pressetermin zum Rennen in Abu Dhabi lieferten sich beide ein heißes Wortgefecht - sehr zur Belustigung der Konkurrenten.

From spiegel.de ()

More perspectives...

Piquet, di Resta and de la Rosa on Force India F1 radar

Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi appear to be anything but secure at Force India F1 in 2010 - with Nelsinho Piquet, Pedro de la Rosa and Paul di Resta understood to be similarly in the frame.

From rss.crash.net ()

More perspectives...

F1: Pedro de la Rosa et Paul di Resta linked to Force India for 2010

The Silverstone based team, powered by Mercedes engines and supported by McLaren, has not yet confirmed that Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi will definitely be retained for 2010. Pedro de la Rosa is tipped to return to the F1 racing grid next year ...

From search.live.com ()

More perspectives...

Gascoyne: Lotus aim to be the best of the newbies

Lotus F1 Racing's chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne is confident the outfit will be the best of Formula One's new teams despite their late addition to the 2010 grid.

From planet-f1.com ()