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Albers: 'If Doornbos is good, I'm Superman'
Christijan Albers has slammed his Minardi team-mate Robert Doornbos, claiming that he was of no use to the team in developing the PS05.
Doornbos joined Minardi after the British Grand Prix when he was signed as Patrick Friesacher's replacement. Friesacher was dropped when he could no longer afford to pay for his drive.
However, according to Albers, Minardi should rather have kept the Austrian.
"Doornbos is being hyped by the Dutch press as if he's a huge talent. But I keep beating him, so what does that make me? Superman?" Albers told Speed TV.
"The most important part of driving for a team is improving the car and he hasn't done that at all - actually he hasn't made one improvement at Minardi since he joined us."
"F1 is all about improving the car. Not about telling everyone how much you enjoyed the GP weekend over and over again."
"Robert isn't a bad driver, but he just didn't help the team to go forward. Patrick helped the team go forward- with him we kept improving the car and since Doornbos joined we didn't develop the car that quickly any more…"