Monaco Thursday quotes: Spyker

"I put the softest tyres on in the second session but the balance was really difficult and I couldn't get round the corner and went into the barrier. It was not a huge crash but I'm a little bit disappointed all the same."

Christijan Albers - 21st: "We had bad luck this morning with the engine failure and had to wait until the afternoon to do some longer runs, but obviously I still want more! We are not that far away but we still need to do some work as we could easily be quicker and I made a slight error on my fastest lap."

Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer: "A difficult first day for both cars. We lost most of the morning session on Christijan's car with the engine problem and had to change it and also had an engine-related issue on Adrian's car, so he also missed out on some running. In the second session we were able to get some more work done and evaluate different tyres, but unfortunately Adrian went off on his first run with the softer tyre.

"Christijan also made a mistake on his fastest lap on the softest tyres so it was a difficult day all round. But on the positive side, I think there is a lot more to come from the car and we look to be very close to group in front. We just hope we can get it right on Saturday."