Christijan Albers - News

Albers happy with fourteenth

Christijan Albers has qualified himself in fourteenth position for Sunday's race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. The Dutchman managed it once again to make it into the second qualifying round, ahead of his competitors such as Gary Paffett and Maro Engel.

Albers on the pace but not satisfied yet

Christijan Albers showed he feels at home at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany. The Futurecom-TME driver clocked the seventh fastest time in the first free practice session and ended eleventh in the second one-hour session.

Albers finishes 13th at Mugello

Christijan Albers can look back at a strong performance at Mugello. The Futurecom-TME driver started Sunday's race from P16th and managed to work himself up to a thirteenth position. Racing the Audi Albers managed to complete the 11th fastest lap during the race at the Italian track.

Albers unhappy with P16

Christijan Albers was not amused after Saturday's qualifying session at Mugello. The Dutchman was close to Q2 but was blocked by Matthias Lauda in his final flying lap with the Austrian was on his in lap as he was finished with his qualifying run. Albers will start Sunday's race at Mugello from sixteenth position.

Albers expects strong weekend at Mugello

Beelen to sponsor Albers

Christijan Albers can confirm he will receive the support of the Beelen Group, market leader in the Netherlands in the field of demolition, renovation demolition and all related activities. Beelen’s logo will appear on Christijan Albers’ outfit and helmet during the 2008 DTM season.

Meet Albers in Rotterdam!

Christijan Albers will attend the Bavaria City Racing event this weekend in Rotterdam. On Saturday Albers will be available for signing sessions or just to talk with the Formula 1 fans about his racing career and his future in Formula 1.

Christijan Albers statement

Ladies and Gentlemen, Sports Friends,

In a short conversation with the team leadership of Spyker Formula I last Sunday I learned that I will no longer be active as a racedriver for the Spyker team during the 2007 season. As you know this was made public this morning.

Solid race at Silverstone

Christijan Albers has finished the British Grand Prix in 15th position. At the start of the race Albers had a good fight with Takuma Sato. For a long time he was able to keep the Japanese driver behind him.

Unfortunate end to the weekend at Hockenheim

Christijan Albers was unable to finish Sunday´s race at Hockenheim. After a solid start from P14 Albers was able to keep up with fellow Audi driver Markus Winkelhock. In the second lap though he collided with Ralf Schumacher and was unable to continue his race.

Albers well on the pace at Oschersleben

Christijan Albers finished Sunday's race at Oschersleben in sixteenth position. The Dutchman was well on the pace at the German track fighting for positions with Ralf Schumacher. In lap twelve though he was pushed off track by Oliver Jarvis. Jarvis received a drive through penalty for his silly move but Albers had to continue his race with a broken suspension. Nonetheless Albers managed to completed the ninth fastest lap in the race.

Impressive qualifying result at Hockenheim

Christijan Albers' first DTM qualifying session for the Futurecom TME team impressed the German fans at Hockenheim. The Dutchman, racing the 2006 Audi A4, qualified himself for Sunday's race in 14th position. An impressive result for the 28-year-old.

Bad timing for Albers in qualifying

Christijan Albers ran out of luck in Saturday’s qualifying run. The Spyker Formula 1 driver lost a run to complete a flying lap as he had to deliver his car to the FIA to measure the weight of his car.

Albers to focus on Sunday's race

Christijan Albers suffered from a difficult qualifying session on Saturday. At Oschersleben Albers faced problems with his splitter that gave his Futurecom-TME car too much grip, costing him to slow down too much in a number of corners at the German track. Albers will start Sunday's race from P17.

Albers looking forward to Spa

Formula 1 is visiting Spa-Francorchamps this weekend for the Belgian Grand Prix. The final round in the Formula 1 championship that is being held on European soil. Christijan Albers will travel to Belgium for the weekend for a number of meetings. “Spa is something special, even though I might not be racing I am looking forward to visit the event,” Albers said.

Productive start at Silverstone

The Spyker Formula One Team has concluded a productive opening day of its 'home' Grand Prix at Silverstone, with Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil completing over 600km and finishing the day just over one second from the top 10.

Heineken and Spyker open first F1 sports bar

Heineken and the Spyker Formula One Team have signed an agreement to launch an innovative concept: the first-ever Formula 1 sports bar in the Netherlands. Alongside this ambitious plan, Heineken also becomes the official beer supplier of the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team.

Albers well prepared for upcoming season

Christijan Albers is currently preparing himself for the upcoming race season. At the moment he is negotiating with various teams and in the meantime he busies himself in the gym to be fully fit for the upcoming season.

Promising start at Oschersleben

The second round in the DTM season showed a promising start for Futurecom-TME driver Christijan Albers. The Dutchman ended 10th and 13th in the first and second free practice session at Oschersleben. Both practice sessions started in damp conditions but the track dried out towards the end of the session.

Albers confirmed for DTM in 2008

Christijan Albers came to an agreement with the Futurecom TME DTM Team. The 28-year-old became DTM’s vice champion in 2003. Former Formula One driver Albers will be racing Audi’s 2006 A4 with his former Midland and Spyker F1 team boss Colin Kolles.

Albers: "We are getting there"

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team’s fortunes were little improved in the second day of the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours, with Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil qualifying in 21st and 22nd positions respectively.

Q&A with Christijan Albers

Christijan Albers will travel to Monaco this week for the Monaco Grand Prix. Albers is looking forward to race through the narrows streets in Monte Carlo.

Strategy fails to pay off

Christijan Albers again demonstrated the increasing competitiveness of the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team in today's gruelling USA Grand Prix. In temperatures touching the high 30s, Albers was able to fight with the midfield group during the 73-lap event to finish 15th position.

Mike Gascoyne Q&A: ‘We’re pretty confident that we’ll make progress.’

Although it was never going to be easy to make up for missing the six-day test at the track in February, Bahrain was another weekend of steady progress for the Spyker team. Despite a tough afternoon Adrian and Christijan, brought their cars safely home to record the team’s first double finish of the season.

Q&A with Christijan Albers

What are your impressions of Magny-Cours, where the French Grand Prix is held?
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 it’s in the middle of nowhere!

Albers: Congratulations to the Nuon Solar team!

The Dutch Nuon Solar Team has claimed the fourth victory in a row last week in the World Solar Challenge in Australia. Christijan Albers was excited to hear the good news and is congratulating the Dutch team with their great achievement.

Albers to fight F1-16

On Friday 20 April there will be an exciting encounter between the world of Formula 1 and military aviation at the Royal Netherlands air force base, Volkel. During this exclusive meeting, Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One driver Christijan Albers will race his F8-VII F1 challenger against air force pilot Ralph Staal's F-16 fighter jet.

Problems halt progress in Magny-Cours

Christijan Albers was completing steady improvements in the first session, but in the opening minutes of the second practice the Dutchman ran over the kerbs on the exit to turn 12 and badly damaged his F8-VII’s chassis. Unable to switch to the spare chassis as he had already completed laps in his race car, Christijan was forced to watch the remaining time from the sidelines.

Brake problems for Christijan Albers

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers in 21st and 22nd places respectively. Both drivers completed two runs on the supersoft Bridgestone Potenza tyres in the disrupted first Qualifying segment, with Christijan recording a best time of 1:19.196.

Short day of testing for Christijan Albers

With a different circuit configuration in use today at the Circuit de Castellet Paul Ricard, the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team’s focus switched to preparation for the Canadian Grand Prix. Christijan Albers was only able to put in just 16 laps before a minor mechanical problem curtailed the day’s running.

'We need more time in the car'

Malaysia was a difficult weekend for both Spyker drivers as they tried to make up for the lack of testing at Sepang from which all their rivals had benefited. Added to that the team had a lot of work to do to hone the new aero package, which was running on track for the first time.

Difficult start in Monaco

Christijan Albers has began his first day in Monaco not without any problems. Albers completed only five laps in the morning practice after an engine failure in the first half an hour of the session brought an end to his running. Following an engine change between sessions, Christijan was however able to complete 35 laps in the later practice with a best time of 1:18.820.

Solid start in Indianapolis

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has completed a productive first day of the US Grand Prix, with no major mechanical problems in either free practice session. With the field very closely matched, Christijan Albers finished just two seconds off the fastest time of the day.

Albers unable to finish in Montreal

Christijan Albers enjoyed his most competitive outing of the season at today's dramatic Canadian Grand Prix, but it was a case of what might have been as he retired before the end of the race.

Albers took another step forward

For the second consecutive race, the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has achieved a double finish, with Adrian Sutil 13th and Christijan Albers 14th respectively. In a race of attrition that saw one third of the field fail to finish, both Spykers ran reliably to the end to secure the team's best result of the season so far. With this result, the team moves into 10th position in the constructors' championship.

Hydraulic problem for Albers

The mixed weather conditions that prevailed over Monte Carlo today produced some surprising results in the final free practice and Qualifying sessions for tomorrow's Monaco Grand Prix. Albers though unfortunately was unable to set a timed lap due to hydraulic problems.

Albers: "We are pushing really hard"

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team looks to carry forward its momentum from the first three races. After difficult races in Australia and Malaysia, the team achieved its first double finish of the year in Bahrain and with new developments honed in a three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya earlier this week, there’s reason to hope the upward trend will continue.

Disappointing weekend in Monaco

Christijan Albers started the race on an aggressive two-stop strategy on supersoft Bridgestone tyres, counting on unpredictable weather or a safety car period that so often characterise the Monaco Grand Prix would materialise.

Mechanical problems shortens Spanish test

Christijan Albers took over driving duties today for the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team's third and final day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. In today's vastly improved weather conditions, Christijan completed 66 laps as the team focussed on evaluating tyres and suspension plus preparing set-ups for next week's Spanish Grand Prix.

Albers getting more comfortable

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team had a productive opening day of the Canadian Grand Prix today. Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil completed a total of 55 and 50 laps respectively over the two free practice sessions held today at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, with a best time of 1:19.453 and 1:19.662.

Early end in Malaysia

The Malaysian Grand Prix came to an early finish on Sunday. Christijan Albers, who had to start from 20th position at the grid this afternoon, had a great start and survived the fights in the first corner.

Albers finishes fourteenth in Bahrain

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has secured a double finish today at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the team's best result of the season so far, with Christijan Albers claiming 14th position and Adrian Sutil 15th.

Things can only get better in Bahrain

Less than 24 hours after the end of the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team flew west to the Kingdom of Bahrain for the third event of the 17-round FIA Formula One World Championship. Run just a week after the Malaysian round, the Bahrain Grand Prix from 13 - 15 April will be the first double header of the year.

Good performance in Bahrain

Spyker F1 left its difficult Malaysian weekend behind with two promising free practice sessions at the Bahrain International Circuit. Over a very competitive day, the team demonstrated it had moved forward with its new aero package and finished the sessions with Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers just over a second from the top 10.

Albers starts Bahrain GP from back row

Christijan Albers will start the race in Bahrain from P22. The Dutchman couldn't capitalize on the improving form of the Spyker F1 team, but is hopeful he can have a good race tomorrow.

Albers making progress in Sepang

At a hot, humid and frankly sweaty Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia, the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has qualified with Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil in 21st and 22nd position respectively.

Difficult start in Malaysia

The second round of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship kicked off today at the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia, with two 90-minute practice sessions.

Albers not happy with 21st

Christijan Albers will have to start Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix from 21st position. The Spyker F1 driver set a fastest time of 1.23.990 and obviously that didn’t satisfy Albers.

Christijan hoping to surprise a few tomorrow!

Today Christijan Albers completed a successful day of preparation for the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend. The two Friday practice sessions were productive for the Dutchman and helped him discover what he and his engineers need to do to get the most out of the Spyker car tomorrow.

Malaysia should be better

Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team race driver Christijan Albers will head to the second race of the FIA Formula One World Championship in Sepang, Malaysia, determined to record his first finish of the season and show the full race potential of the Spyker F8-VII.

Wouldn't you love to be in his shoes?

Wouldn't you always love to be in the shoes of Spyker F1 driver Christijan Albers? From mid-april on you can! From that moment the new Q Maximum Attack shoe will be for sale.

Christijan Albers newest project for project developer Twins Investments

Project developer Twins Investments has confirmed that they will be a personal sponsor of F1 racing driver Christijan Albers for the coming three years.

Albers looking forward to Malaysia

After its race debut two weeks ago in the opening round of the FIA Formula One World Championship in Melbourne, Australia, the newly-rebranded Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team will be back in action for the second event of the year in Sepang, Malaysia, from 6 - 8 April.

Q&A with Christijan Albers

Christijan Albers had a difficult opening to 2007 in Australia as he didn't feel at one with his race car through Friday and Saturday. Under parc ferme rules the team could not change the set-up for Sunday, so instead opted to start the T-car from the pitlane, which allowed them to make changes.

Kolles optimistic about the future

The Australian Grand Prix was a case of good news and bad news for Spyker F1. Christijan Albers posted the first retirement of the F1 season, and a twice-penalised Adrian Sutil finished last. The good news however is that the team came away knowing that the new car has a lot of potential.

Media Republic launches first interactive auto sports magazine in the world

Spyker Formula One Magazine is the first interactive auto sports magazine in the world. The first issue can be found online at www.spykerF1magazine.com. The free magazine will appear 17 times a year – within 24 hours after each race – in English and Dutch.

Unfortunate end to difficult weekend

The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has finished the opening race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship in Melbourne, Australia, Christijan Albers who had to retire from the race on lap 10 when he went off the road into a gravel trap.

Difficult qualifying session for Albers

It wasn’t an easy day for Spyker F1 driver Christijan Albers. The Dutchman had a difficult final free practice session in the morning and qualifying didn’t go much better either. Albers was a lot slower than team-mate Adrian Sutil.

Productive first day in Melbourne

The newly rebranded Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team today completed its first day of running in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. In an overcast, sultry Melbourne, Australia, the team completed two 90-minute free practice sessions, with Christijan Albers and his team-mate Adrian Sutil at the wheel for both segments.

Two new title sponsors for Spyker

At the opening Grand Prix of the season in Melbourne, Australia, the Spyker Formula One Team, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Aldar, Abu Dhabi’s leading integrated property development company, announced a major long-term title partnership.

Spyker F1 aims for steady progress

The Spyker Formula One Team goes to the opening race in buoyant mood, after the new driver line-up, chassis and engine proved to be an efficient and reliable package in pre-season testing. With significant aerodynamic updates planned from the second race of the season, the team aims to make steady, but measurable progress, from Australia onwards.

Albers concludes testing at Barcelona

In the team’s last official test before the Australian Grand Prix later this month, work focussed on set-up, tyre testing and evaluating new development items including aero parts and control systems. Christijan Albers completed 82 laps in total.

Albers sets third time in Barcelona

On the second day of its three day test programme at Barcelona the Spyker team continued to work on optimising set-up and collecting tyre data in preparation for next month's Australian Grand Prix. In the afternoon Christijan Albers also conducted a race simulation. Christijan's running was however limited by a minor mechanical problem.

Albers begins testing at Barcelona

Today the Spyker Formula One Team returned to Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain, for a further three-day test programme. The team concentrated on improving aerodynamic performance, optimising set-up and conducting race simulations.

Albers joins Webber’s tennis tournament

Christijan Albers confirmed that he will join Mark Webber’s tennis tournament ‘Pitstop Tennis Pro-Am’. Albers will join other F1 drivers such as Heidfeld, Wurz and Speed in Australia.

Albers concludes promising test in Valencia

In its final day of testing at the Valencia circuit, the Spyker Formula One Team concentrated on optimising balance, conducting race simulations and improving performance over one-lap runs. Following heavy overnight rain, the team was also able to test the new Bridgestone Potenza wet weather tyres in the morning's session.

Albers in action at Valencia

Day two of the three-day Valencia test again demonstrated the reliability of the new Spyker F8-VII as Christijan Albers, Adrian Sutil and new test driver Fairuz Fauzy completed 239 laps in total, bringing the team's overall 2007 mileage to more than 3,000km.

Albers finishes Barcelona test

On Wednesday Christijan Albers completed Spyker F1’s third and final day of testing at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Albers completed 87 laps and set his fastest time at 1.23.947, over half a second faster than Tuesday’s time.

Albers shows improvements are on the way

On Tuesday Christijan Albers had his first proper day of testing. At Circuit de Catalunya Albers and Spyker F1 joined the other F1 teams to prepare themselves for the upcoming F1 season.

Albers travels to Spain

On Tuesday and Wednesday Christijan Albers will travel to Barcelona for a few days of testing at Circuit de Catalunya. Christijan’s team Spyker F1 will join the other F1 teams for the first time this season for a three-day test session.

Column Camiel: We’re going in the right direction

Since we’ve left January behind us it’s time for a fitness update with one and a half month to go before we’ll see the start of the first race of the season. The New Year meant a new trainings programme made exactly for Christijan Albers. Our target: be as fit as possible for the Melbourne Grand Prix, March 18th.

Albers enjoys Spyker debut

At Silverstone Christijan Albers completed his first laps in the Spyker-Ferrari car. The Dutchman completed over 30 laps with only minor problems during the team its first outing with the new car.

Spyker launch new F8-VII

The Spyker F1 team launched its new 2007 car on monday. The F8-VII should especially bring good results to the team during the second half of the new season. Christijan Albers is confident this will happen.

Hydro power for Spyker Formula One

Oxy Fusion, the producer of innovative oxygenated water, has confirmed that it will sponsor Spyker Formula One in its debut season in the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Albers: Gascoyne is a real superstar

Christijan Albers is heading for its second year at the Spyker F1 team. This will be a huge challenge since the new owners of the former Midland team have serious ambitions. Within three years the team wants to achieve their first podium finish and within five years the team wants to win their first race. Christijan is very happy to be part of the Spyker F1 team and really looks forward to help the team forward.

Busy, busy, busy…

On Tuesday Christijan Albers returned from an intense week of training at the Spanish Island of Mallorca. The Dutch Formula 1 driver travelled to Mallorca for a couple of days training with the team. There wasn’t a lot of time to relax!

No mercy for Spyker F1 drivers

Yesterday the Spyker F1 racedrivers and testdrivers arrived in Mallorca for a very heavy training. They will be there for 4 days and train all day under supervision of Spyker F1 performance trainer Alex.

F1Racing.net to sponsor Spyker F1

F1Racing.net, the leading Formula 1 news and information web site will support Spyker F1 team`s first full FIA Formula One World Championship season in a sponsorship that will also bring readers closer to the action.

Exact Software empowers Spyker F1

Exact Software announces it has signed a two-year sponsorship agreement with Spyker Formula 1 Team. In addition, both Spyker Cars N.V. and the Spyker F1 team will be empowered by Exact`s business software solutions.

Albers enjoys Spyker ski-event

Christijan Albers travelled with the Spyker F1 team to Gstaad, Switzerland, for the team’s annual ski event. Although there wasn’t a lot of snow unfortunately the event turned out to be a great event for the team members, sponsors and invited media.

Albers visit team Exact-MAN in Lisboa

Christijan Albers just left Holland to visit the start of the Dakar Rally 2007. He will be a guests of TEAM EXACT-MAN, the successful dutch truck team which finished second last year.

The following sponsors support Albers in 2007

Tonight all of Christijan’s sponsors, partners and management will join each other in a Bilderberg Hotel in The Netherlands. Apart from being informed about the plans for 2007 the guests will be introduced to each other.

Christijan joins Spyker F1 team in ski event

Christijan Albers will join 'Spyker F1 skiing with the stars' from 15-18 january in Gstaad Switserland. Christijan loves skiing and everything else in the snow (especially snowscooters) so he is really proud to be invited. His new trainer will join him so it will not be only fun. Christijan already started a heavy trainingsprogram which will be continued in Gstaad.

Merry Christmas!

Sutil joins Albers at Spyker F1

The Spyker F1 team today announced that Adrian Sutil will partner Christijan Albers in the 2007 FIA F1 World Championship after signing a long term contract today with the team.

MCGREGOR PARTNERS SPYKER F1 TEAM

Spyker F1 Team is very proud to announce a new sponsorship agreement for 3 years with McGregor Fashion Group. The agreement consists of a sponsoring agreement as well as a licensing agreement. McGregor will launch a fashion line to be named "Spyker F1 by McGregor" which will be available in retail Spring 2007.

Christijan's 2007 cap a big hit!

Two weeks ago we launched the official Christijan Albers cap for 2007 already in the official Albers store. In the first two weeks more caps were sold than Christijan’s 2006 cap in the first two months!

Trust supports Holland in F1

Trust is one of the new proud sponsors of the Spyker F1 Team. The orange team is defending the dutch colors. Trust is a strong dutch brand and company selling computer products worldwide.

Spyker F1 Team will be more QUICK in 2007

The Spyker F1 Team is pleased to announce the arrival of Dutch shoe and apparel manufacturer Ferrini B.V., a licensee of Quick Sports International B.V., as an Official Sponsor to the team for the 2007 Formula One World Championship.

Bavaria City Racing to be held August 19th 2007

The organisers of the street event ‘Bavaria City Racing’ have announced the popular event will be held on the 19th of August 2007. It will become the third edition of the spectacular street event.

Liselore and Christijan say thanks

Christijan and Liselore’s wedding on Saturday was a big success. The pair wants to thank a number of people who made this day one of the best days in their life.

Christijan married his Liselore

On Saturday Christijan Albers and his fiancée Liselore Kooijman got married in Amsterdam. The pair looked fabulous, being joined by family and friends.

Trust becomes official Spyker sponsor

Trust International and Spyker F1 Team are pleased to announce another important addition to Spyker's 2007 Formula One World Championship sponsor portfolio. Trust International will make a calculated return to the team three years since their last F1 partnership with Jordan Grand Prix. As part of long-term relationship the familiar and distinctive Trust logo will appear on the 2007 Spyker F1 cars and drivers.

Spyker F1 Team wins Beauty Contest

Spyker MF1 Team is pleased to announce a three year sponsorship programme with Philoderm, the leading brand in skin care products manufactured by Rofil Medical in Breda,The Netherlands. The Philoderm logo will appear on the Spyker-Ferrari cars, helmets and the overalls of the race drivers in the 2007 season.

Spyker Trading Update Third Quarter 2006

Spyker Cars N.V, manufacturer of high-quality sports cars, today announced the trading update for the third quarter of 2006. Spyker Cars is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Amsterdam.

More power-tools for Spyker MF1

Spyker MF1 Team is pleased to announce the arrival of RotoZip as an official sponsor for the 2007 Formula One World Championship and beyond. The relationship will see the team's drivers carry RotoZip racesuit branding together with the power tool manufacturer's logo on the cockpit edge.

Reasonable end of the season

The Brazilian Grand Prix went better than expected for Albers. He was able to slowly move up the field and fight with a number of drivers for position. In the end Albers was unable to score a point though unfortunately.

Strong start for Albers

The start of the final round in the 2006 championship went well for Albers. The Spyker MF1 driver didn’t cover a lot of laps at Interlagos to save his sets of tyres and engine. He was also visited by his latest sponsor Leaseplan at the Brazilian track.

Albers busy with Bridgestone at Silverstone

On Thursday Christijan Albers joined Spyker MF1 at Silverstone for a day of testing. The main focus was on testing the Bridgestone compounds for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

JVC President visits Albers and Spyker F1 team

On Sunday Mr Masahiko Terada, President of JVC, visited Spyker F1. JVC is already 4 years a sponsor of Christijan and since this year official sponsor and supplier of the Spyker F1 Team.

Albers' race finished early

Christijan Albers felt strange vibrations in the cockpit of his Spyker MF1 car until eventually his driveshaft failed in dramatic fashion on lap 21. The rear right wheel sheered off and took with it his rear wing as he braked for the final chicane.

Strong qualifying in Suzuka

Spyker MF1 driver Christijan Albers qualified himself in sixteenth position for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. Christijan Albers drove an excellent lap in the first session to post faster times than both Red Bulls and one of the Toro Rosso cars. Relying on used tyres Albers survived the first knockout for the fifth time this season.

Strong start at Suzuka

Christijan Albers began his Japanese Grand Prix weekend well. The Spyker MF1 Racing driver set his fastest time in Friday’s second free practice session at 1.36.180. It was the 16th fastest time of the day.

LeasePlan Official Sponsor and Supplier to Spyker MF1 Team

Spyker MF1 Team is pleased to announce the arrival of LeasePlan as an Official Sponsor for the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship and beyond. As part of the same 3-year partnership LeasePlan will also become an Official Supplier to the Spyker MF1 Team.

Albers struggles in the wet

In what has been an extremely busy day for the Spyker M F1 Team, Christijan Albers qualified in 19th for the Chinese Grand Prix. The team was thrilled to announce its 2007 engine supply agreement with Ferrari just before qualifying but unfortunately struggled in the wet session.

EXCLUSIVE: Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Shanghai circuit. Click on the PlayStation logo below for previous races and listen to Christijan's hints.

Spyker MF1 Team signs engine supply agreement with Ferrari

Spyker MF1 Team , a 100% subsidiary of Spyker Cars N.V., is proud to announce it has agreed an engine supply agreement with Ferrari.

Tough day for Albers

Christijan Albers didn't have an easy day during the first free sessions of the Grand Prix of China. The Dutchman, who unveiled that he will stay at Spyker MF1 next season, spent most of the day trying to find the right car set-up for the Shanghai circuit.

I'll be back in 2007

Dear fans,

I am happy to tell you, the fans, that I have signed a deal with Spyker for next season! As I am writing this the team is preparing the press release for the media. It will be released in about three hours from now, at 13.00 local Shanghai time. Fortunately I can inform you guys the great news first!!

Albers looking forward to Chinese GP

This weekend it will be the first time for Christijan Albers to race his orange Spyker MF1 car. In China the Dutchman hopes to show a strong performance again.

EXCLUSIVE: Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Shanghai circuit. Click on the PlayStation logo below for previous races and listen to Christijan's hints.

SPYKER MF1 TEAM REVEALS ITS NEW FACE

Spyker MF1 Team will run a striking new livery on all of their M16 race cars for the remainder of the 2006 Formula 1 World Championship. The new livery and sticker design has been implemented in time for the team’s Silverstone test on Tuesday 19th September.

EXCLUSIVE: Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Shanghai circuit. Click below on the PlayStation logo for previous races and listen to Christijan's tips.

Zecco.com and Eccky.com bring revolutionary new media to F1

Spyker MF1 Racing will introduce two new sponsors to Formula 1 when the newly acquired and re-named team makes it debut at the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit on October 1.

Difficult race for Spyker MF1 and Albers

The newly renamed Spyker MF1 Racing team endured a difficult afternoon of racing at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. Christijan Albers nursed his car home in 17th position.

Midland sells MF1 Racing to Spyker

The Midland Group has announced the sale of all of its shares in Midland F1 to Dutch car manufacturer Spyker.

Albers expects a better race

Midland driver Christijan Albers posted the 18th fastest time in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Albers expects a good race in Monza.

EXCLUSIVE: Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Monza circuit. Click below on the PlayStation logo for previous races and listen to Christijan's tips.

Strong performance in Monza

Midland driver Christijan Albers had a decent start to the Italian Grand Prix weekend with an eleventh time in Friday practice.

EXCLUSIVE: Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Monza circuit. Click below on the PlayStation logo for previous races and listen to Christijan's tips.

Albers looks forward to Monza

Following one day of intensive testing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza last week, Midland driver Christijan Albers returns to the fastest circuit of them all for Round 15 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Italian Grand Prix.

Christijan completes test at Monza

On Wednesday Christijan Albers joined the MF1 Racing team at Autodromo di Monza, Italy, for the team’s three-day test in preparation of the Italian Grand Prix.

EXCLUSIVE: Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Monza circuit. Klick below on the PlayStation logo for previous races and listen to Christijan's tips.

Great race but no finish in Turkey

Christijan Albers drove a fantastic race in Turkey but unfortunately he was unable to finish the race. Albers had to start the race from 22nd position and worked his way up the field to run as high as 9th position at one point - just a few seconds away from 6th - only to crash into a barrier with 11 laps remaining.

Strong qualifying in Istanbul

Christijan Albers adopted a very aggressive set-up to set Midland's fastest lap time of the weekend by more than one second on his way to entering the second qualifying session. Had he not been assessed a ten-position engine-change penalty, his time would have enabled him to start tomorrow's race from 16th position, instead of from the back of the grid.

He commented about today’s work: “Today was much better. We made a lot of progress since yesterday, which was a bad day for both Midland and Toyota, and I think we did a fantastic job of making the most of our time on the track today. So many thanks to the team and Toyota for their efforts, and let's push hard to do a good result tomorrow.”

Another engine change for Albers

For Christijan Albers the weekend started just like in the previous two Grand Prix weekends. His Toyota engine left him in the dark and blew up. It means that Christijan Albers will face a ten places grid penalty once again for changing his engine.

Heading to Turkey after a busy break

Hot on the heels of his participation in the wildly successful Bavaria City Racing street demonstration event in Rotterdam, Holland, Christijan Albers returns to competition this weekend in Istanbul at Round 14 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship - the Turkish Grand Prix.

Albers gives away stunning show and helmet

Christijan Albers, Tiago Monteiro and the Midland Formula 1 Racing team delighted a crowd of approximately 500,000 motorsport fans who converged on the streets of Rotterdam to witness the second-annual Bavaria City Racing event on Sunday afternoon.

Christijan announces new sponsor DVHG

On Thursday Christijan Albers was proud to announce his new sponsor ‘David Hart Vastgoed Group’ – a Real Estate company from Rotterdam. The DHVG logo will be featured on the helmet for the rest of the season, and at the front wing during the Bavaria Cityracing event this weekend.

Christijan Albers now extra powerful

This week Playstation 2 has launched their new Benelux campaign featuring Christijan Albers. The new campaign is in the newspapers and magazines.

Albers ready for Rotterdam's street demo

This Sunday Christijan Albers will be racing through the streets of Rotterdam during the spectacular event called Bavaria City Racing. Albers will demonstrate his MF1 car with a number of donuts to the fans. The best thing is that the event is free for all! “The event in Rotterdam will be a major success I’m sure,” said Albers.

Albers ready for action in Rotterdam

On Sunday Christijan Albers will be racing his car through the streets of Rotterdam. Just like last year Albers will give away a show to the many Formula One fans who can see all the action completely for free. “The Bavaria City Racing event will be an absolute top event!” said Albers.

Albers shows improving pace in Hungary

For the second consecutive race Christijan Albers enjoyed a solid and competitive pace to the finish. Albers finished the Hungarian Grand Prix in tenth position. Albers demonstrated the M16's ever improving pace by setting the 8th-fastest lap of the contest.

Albers saves equipment for Sunday’s race

Christijan Albers will start the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday from the back of the grid. Albers and the team decided to save their equipment and focus completely on the race.

Another engine change for Albers

It seems luck isn’t on his side. The Toyota engine gave up on Albers for the second Grand Prix weekend in a row and thus Albers will receive a grid penalty once again.

Albers expects strong weekend in Hungary

Midland Formula 1 Racing has arrived in Budapest, ready to compete in Round 13 of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the Hungarian Grand Prix, on Sunday, August 6th.

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Both Midlands disqualified at Hockenheim

Both Midland F1 cars of Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro were disqualified from the German Grand Prix after post-race scrutineering ruled that the cars had illegally flexible rear wings. In a statement stewards said that an inspection of the cars' lower rear wing element showed 'excess flexibility'.

Albers shows his strength in German Grand Prix

In an exciting race Christijan Albers showed his true racing spirit. Albers had to start the race from twenty first position, but managed to finish in thirteenth in an exciting Grand Prix.

Hockenheim remains difficult

It remained a difficult weekend for Christijan Albers at Hockenheim. The problems continued on Saturday morning when Albers suffered from an electronical problem and was thus unable to complete the number of laps he wanted.

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Disappointing start in Germany

The start of Christijan’s German Grand Prix weekend couldn’t have started any worse than this. In Friday’s first practice session Albers blew up his Toyota engine and had to switch it for a brand new one.

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Q&A with Christijan Albers

In recent races, the M16 has been a regular contender for the top 16 in first qualifying, and Christijan Albers made it through again in France, demonstrating once again the level of progress the team has made.

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Back to Hockenheim

Encouraged by the progress made during three days of comprehensive testing in Jerez, Spain, Midland Formula 1 Racing heads to Hockenheim for Round 12 of the 2006 FIA Formula 1 World Championship – the German Grand Prix.

Play the new PlayStation F1 game with Christijan on the Hockenheim circuit!

Hot day of testing at Jerez

Today was the final day of testing for the MF1 Racing team at Jerez.
Christijan Albers took over duties from his team mate Tiago Monteiro
under extremely hot circumstances.

Competitive performance in France

Christijan Albers delivered his and MF1 Racing's most competitive performance of the season at the French Grand Prix today. Despite encountering transmission problems on his first pit stop, Albers maintained strong pace to bring home his M16 in 15th position.

Albers satisfied with qualifying run

MF1 Racing driver Christijan Albers will start Sunday’s French Grand Prix from sixteenth position at the grid. Albers made it through to the first knock-out round, just like in the United States, but was unable to move up any further up the grid.

Good training session for Albers

Christijan Albers and his Midland F1 team enjoyed a productive day of practice in preparation of the French Grand Prix. Today's work at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours was mainly concentrated on tyre choice and finding the right set-up with the newly introduced front wheel suspension on the car.

Albers ready to continue strong performance

Christijan Albers is looking forward to race at Magny-Cours again. After a disappointing result in 2005 Albers hopes to set a better result this year with his MF1 Racing team.

Productive day at Silverstone

On Friday MF1 Racing carried out one day of testing at Silverstone. The Silverstone based team worked with Christijan Albers on a front suspension update and a tyre programme with Bridgestone for the forthcoming European races.

Strong weekend comes to an end in the pits

Christijan Albers was having a strong weekend at Indianapolis until half way through the race. He had qualified the MF1 Racing car in fourteenth position, but unfortunately due to a car failure he was unable to finish the US Grand Prix.

Albers leads Midland's best qualifying session

Christijan Albers qualified his MF1 Racing car in 14th position for Sunday’s US Grand Prix. His team mate Tiago Monteiro rounded off a great session for the team by qualifying 15th.

Promising pace for Midland at Indy

The US Grand Prix weekend got underway today with the first and second free practice session. Christijan Albers completed a total of 29 laps at the 4.192km track of Indianapolis.

MF1 to participate in Bavaria City Racing

Midland Formula 1 Racing is proud to announce that it will take part in the 2nd annual Bavaria City Racing road show in Rotterdam, Holland, between 18-20 August, 2006.

Early bath for Albers in Montreal

Christijan Albers’ difficult weekend in Canada came to an early end. On the first lap his team mate, Tiago Monteiro hit the Dutchman from behind under braking for the Casino hairpin. Albers was unable to continue his race.

Albers struggles on Saturday

Despite making substantial gains in pace between practice and qualifying, Christijan Albers came up a bit short in qualifying.

Strong Canadian start for Albers

Christijan Albers made a good start at the streetcourse in Montreal. Albers managed to set a time within one and a half seconds of today’s fastest driver Robert Kubica. It shows that the Canadian Grand Prix can bring something promising for Albers.