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...
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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 owned by the Midland concern, to an Orange and Silver affair - already seen on the Spyker Spyder GT2-R.
Following the announcement on Friday that the intended sales terms of Saab Automobile AB between Spyker and General Motors (GM) could not be finalized, the Spyker leadership has submitted a renewed offer in the hopes of securing a future for Saab, its employees and the brand, despite the announcement that the winding down of Saab would begin. Read Full Story
Spyker’s sign, cre ated upon all of the cars in Latin, is “Nulla tenaci invia est around.” Interpretation: “For a devoted, no highway is insurmountable.” As well as so here a Dutch association is, tightly chasing Saa b, announcing in the press recover which they have submitted the renewed suggest to General Motors...
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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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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
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.
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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... Read Full Story
What are your impressions of Magny-Cours, where the French Grand Prix is held? Christijan Albers: Some drivers don't like it, but I actually find it a very good circuit. The track layout is good, you have to have a good downforce balance for the high speed and low speed corners, so set-up is always a compromise. There are a few possibilities to overtake so you also have to have a good speed to be able to pass on the straight. I like the track though - the only problem I can see with it is... Read Full Story
