Albers on top of driving style issues

The Japanese company, Formula One's sole tyre supplier, is using harder rubber this season, something some drivers have had problems to adapt to following the end of the tyre war.

Spyker driver Albers admits he is been one of them due to his aggressive driving style.

"I am trying to adapt myself, and I'm also trying to find something in the car with my engineers to get the car better," said Albers, who has been somewhat overshadowed by rookie teammate Adrian Sutil this year.

"People who drive aggressively, like Kubica or Alonso, and maybe also Kimi (Raikkonen), I think they are struggling like me.

"You just have to try to adapt yourself as quickly as possible."

He added: "If you don't know what you had, you just learn how it is. But if you come from last year, it's much harder. Adrian is doing a good job, he's a really quick driver, but also he didn't have to adapt to how it was.

"He couldn't expect something else like we had last year, because with last year's tyres it was really an F1 car, you turned in, you could push, it was really good to drive the car. It's good now also of course, but it's more difficult, and you see that. I think it's the same for Lewis (Hamilton)."

The Dutchman, however, reckons things are getting a lot better now, and he admits he is looking forward to the introduction of Spyker's B-spec car later this year.

"I'm really happy now. Maybe it sounds strange, but we are improving all the time, the set-up as well as myself, and you see I'm coming closer. I should have been in front of Adrian in qualifying (is Spain), but I had traffic on the last outing. Four cars in the first corner, and the second time it was three cars.

"But I have to say that I'd rather have bad luck now than through the season, when we have the new car. I'm really looking forward to that."