Spyker may be regretting its decision to not test at Sepang prior to the recent Malaysian grand prix.
The Dutch squad argued at the time that it preferred to stay at the Silverstone factory to prepare a new bodywork package for round two of the 2007 season.
But after Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil were clearly the slowest qualifiers at Sepang, before a double DNF in the race, technical chief Mike Gascoyne admits sitting out the test might have been a mistake.
“Perhaps we should have (tested),” Spyker’s chief technology officer told the magazine Formule 1 Race Report.
“The price for skipping the test was far higher than we had assessed,” Gascoyne reportedly added, admitting that Spyker struggled to adapt to the circuit on Friday while its rivals had already enjoyed four days of running at Sepang.
And Gascoyne warned: “In Bahrain I expect that we could again be at a disadvantage because we also did not go to the winter test (there).”