Mol pleased with Spyker's progress

The Silverstone-based team, using Ferrari engines this season, introduced a major aerodynamic upgrade in Malaysia, but only in Bahrain they began to show real progress, closing the gap to their main rivals.

Despite not having yet being able to fight with the midfield teams on a regular basis, Mol is happy with the team's progress in the first three races.

"I think that especially in Bahrain we've seen that we've been making a lot of progress," Mol said on Spyker's official website. "That was a good morale booster with the four-week break ahead of us, and we could quickly forget the weekend in Malaysia.

"From this moment on we are testing as much as all the other teams. We've got a test before Barcelona, we've got an aerodynamic update in Monaco, we've got the B-spec car coming for Nurburgring, and the wind tunnel has been revamped. So a lot is happening, and that feels good."

Spyker will introduce the heavily revised B-spec chassis for the European Grand Prix in July, and Mol believes the car will allow them to take a big step forward.

"Probably we'll see smaller steps at first, and the B-spec car at Nurburgring will be the big step," he added. "We've managed to bring that along a bit earlier, so that's good.

"We have to wait and see of course, but it looks very good, and we now know that what we achieve in the wind tunnel has the same effect on the real car, so we know that the update will have a positive influence. So all together, I'm pretty satisfied."