Spyker delays launch of B-spec car
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has been forced
to postpone the launch of its new B spec car until the Italian
Grand Prix due to unexpectedly failing the rear impact test.
The team will now contest this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix
with two A spec cars.
Chief technical officer, Mike Gascoyne, commented:
'It's obviously very disappointing to delay the launch, especially
considering the hard work that everyone at the factory and
track has put in. Unfortunately last week we had an unexpected
failure of the rear crash test, possibly due to problems with
a batch of material used. Unfortunately all the other structures
available we had to test were from this batch and the modifications
we tried to make were not sufficient. These tests are quite
rightly very stringent and difficult to pass, but we did not
expect to have a problem as the structure is very similar
to the A spec one. We are confident that we understand the
problem however and should be able to pass with no problems
next week.
Gascoyne added, 'We will now concentrate on doing the best
we can this weekend. As we were aware we had a problem we
brought two A spec cars as well as two B spec cars, so we
will not have any problems switching back, but it's just disappointing
not to have the performance increase as planned. On a more
positive note, we will now be able to test the car at the
pre-Italian Grand Prix test next week at Monza, which should
allow us to be in better shape.'
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