Albers: Spyker must eliminate mistakes

Spyker had their most competitive Grand Prix of 2007 so far in Monaco, with Albers and Adrian Sutil able to race with the Toyotas and Super Aguris.

But the team suffered a number of problems during the weekend, with Sutil crashing in practice and the race, both drivers hitting engine issues on Thursday, and Albers missing qualifying due to a hydraulic glitch and then retiring with a driveshaft failure.

"At this point in the season we have to wait for the B-spec car to move forward a little bit more, but now, as a team, we have to concentrate on getting every small detail right to be competitive," Albers said.

"We cannot afford to make any mistakes now, so that's got to be the goal at this race and every race from now on - to be on top of everything."

He is optimistic that Spyker's improved form in Monaco was not an anomaly.

"The gap to the others was smaller, for sure," said Albers.

"We were not that far away in the race, it was a shame we could not finish, especially so close to the end.

"Monaco is a special track and the differences in cars are not so obvious, but I hope we can keep up like this for the rest of the season."

Sutil shared his teammate's positive outlook.

"We did see an improvement in the race and put in a good performance," he said.

"The car was quick and we could race and outqualify other cars, but it's a shame we didn't finish. I just ran a little wide and hit the barriers. I still did over 50 laps though and got a good feel for how things were going.

"We were able to fight with the Aguri and the Toyota, which was very interesting. I think we could be in the same position again in Canada.

"The goal has definitely got to be to keep cars behind us, have a clean race and get to the finish."