> Christijan Albers loses Spyker drive

Spyker has announced that it has split with Christijan Albers with immediate effect.

The Dutch driver had been under pressure all season after struggling to match his rookie team-mate Adrian Sutil's pace, but a team statement said that he had ultimately been dropped after a sponsor defaulted.

"This has been a very difficult decision," said team boss Colin Kolles.

"Christijan has started to find some form in the car, but the team's ambitious development programme has been seriously compromised by non-payment by one of his sponsors and we are faced with no other option."

There had been speculation for several months that Albers might not see out the season with Spyker.

He had been out-qualified by Sutil seven times in nine races, and had made a number of errors - most notably his pit stop disaster at Magny-Cours.

But Spyker's Formula 1 director Michiel Mol was adamant that Albers' performance was not the issue.

"The decision to replace Christijan is one of the hardest I have had to take since becoming involved in the team," Mol said.

"By terminating the contract with Christijan and the subsequent entering into a new contract it enables Spyker F1 Ltd. to safeguard its strong financial footing needed to fulfil its technical and commercial goals.

"We would also like to stress this decision has nothing to do with Christijan's recent performances - we still have faith in his contribution as a driver - but the long-term future of the team is of paramount importance.

"We would like to thank Christijan for his input and wish him every success in the future."

Spyker has not yet announced who will replace Albers.

Honda reserve Christian Klien has been linked to the drive.

Source: itv.

Thats bad. It is like throwing out dada

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Agnel's Signature:

i give you an oscar for horrible analogy

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Safin's Signature:

Thanks. But no thanks

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On a serious note, Narain is in the list of possible replacements.
Klien is most liked to get the nod.

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Agnel's Signature:

Narain is a flop driver. He is aggressive and all, never completes the race. The driver who showed most promise but never delivered.

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yeah..he really is very aggressive...he's so aggressive with the car
and is even more aggressive with the gravel trap and track-side grass
anyone would ask, do we need such an aggressive driver in F1?

But he is not incorrigible..... If you remember Massa was exactly like that. But now, he has toned down his driving style and is very successful.

Narain deserves another chance if you ask me. If he squanders that too, then bad luck.

Narain another chance?
With 2009 GP in india, i guess that wouldn't be a bad move either.

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