Albers completes 200kms in new car

Just a day after the car was unveiled to the public, the Dutchman said he was delighted with the first outing - despite icy conditions limiting track time.

"Today we had a really good day, even with the icy track and cold weather," said the Dutchman. "I was happy to do a few laps and learn about the car, and really pleased that there were no major problems.

"We've now got a good platform for the first test in Barcelona next week, especially with Adrian [Sutil] putting in some more miles tomorrow. Everyone has worked so hard to get the car out on time - they deserve a lot of thanks."

Spyker's chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne added: "We've had a very successful shakedown despite the cold weather and icy track, which limited our running to between 11:00am and 4:00pm, and we had no major mechanical problems.

"It's a tribute to the hard work of the guys back at the factory that we got the car ready on time and everything ran very smoothly.

"We expect similar track conditions tomorrow, when we look to continue testing the systems and picking up as much data as we can for Barcelona."

The team did not release lap times from today's running.

Adrian Sutil will get his first taste of the car at Silverstone tomorrow.