Albers feeling more comfortable with car

Albers has been struggling to adapt his driving style to the new Bridgestone tyres, the Spyker driver being generally outshone by rookie teammate Adrian Sutil.

But Albers reckons his situation is improving every time he is on track.

"Yes, I am feeling better and better," said Albers. "I have to work with the engineers now to keep this momentum going, but we are all working well together so I do not see anything will change.

"It's now the busiest time of the season with the back to back races in Canada and the USA, then the Silverstone test, France, GB then the Spa test so we have plenty of time and track mileage to improve."

Albers believes the team are also making progress, getting closer to their rivals.

"We are making good progress every day," he said. "You saw it this week at the test - we were immediately on the pace, with a 1min 23.3 lap on the first run with new tyres.

"It's very close to Adrian's time at the end of the second day, so you can really see that we are getting there with the development.

"It was a shame on the last day that we didn't have a chance to better this lap due to an electrical problem as I know we could have gone even quicker. We went well and if we keep going at this rate it will get even better."