Q & A with Spyker's Colin Kolles

Q. Do you see Silverstone as a particularly special race for the team?

Colin Kolles, Spyker's managing director: For sure personally we all look forward to it as it's just across from the factory so family and friends can come more than they can to another race. The atmosphere is always very good too and I hope we will have quite a few supporters!

We also spend many days testing there so it does feel very familiar, but professionally we don't approach it as any different to any other event on the calendar. We ultimately have the same aims we always have and we do not make any more effort than we do for other events as we are always trying our best.

Q. After a frustrating French Grand Prix, what are the goals for Silverstone?

CK: There is little point in dwelling on France - we now have to leave France behind and focus on getting a fault-free performance from the team and drivers. We have shown that our race pace is getting better - Adrian's lap times in the early part of the race last weekend show that we are quite capable of keeping pace with the teams in front, but we have to look for consistency now without making any mistakes at all.

Q. How were you disappointed in the French Grand Prix weekend?

CK: It was overall a difficult weekend and I am never pleased when we don't get two cars to the finish. There were some positives from the race though - after a difficult start, Adrian's pace was particularly good before his first pitstop and despite his penalty he managed to keep the same speed as the rest of the field.

He was just too far down to be able to make up any positions. Christijan did have a very hard weekend though, with a damaged car and then obviously that pit stop. But we now have another race and we need to concentrate on this.