Spyker has apparently abandoned its original plan for 2007 to use Friday test drivers throughout the season.
The Dutch squad changed its plans for the initial races because of the contractual uncertainty involving Giedo van der Garde and also the need to give its race drivers Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers more track time to assess a new bodywork package.
The new strategy put paid to Fairuz Fauzy’s scheduled test drive at Sepang, and looks set to leave fellow tester Adrian Valles on the sidelines for the upcoming Spanish grand prix.
Valles may, however, test at the same Barcelona circuit at the upcoming pre-race test.
It was also rumoured that Markus Winkelhock would get a run during Friday practice for his respective home race, at the Nurburgring in July.
But team boss Colin Kolles is quoted as telling the Dutch magazine Formule 1 Race Report: “There are more important things to consider at the present time.”
Kolles also denied that the decision to sideline the testers had angered the pay drivers’ respective sponsors.
