Verstappen slams Albers for manager split

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Former grand prix driver Jos Verstappen has hit out at his countryman Christijan Albers for splitting with his manager.

Spyker's Albers, who has struggled to keep up with his rookie teammate Adrian Sutil so far in 2007, confirmed at Indianapolis that differences with his manager Lodewijk Varossieau led to their split.

"Lodewijk did so much for Albers," Verstappen, who has been linked with a test drive for Spyker's current single seater, wrote in his column for the newspaper De Telegraaf, "and even in difficult times you have to be able to work together."

Verstappen said Albers, 28, could live to regret the decision because Lodewijk is closely aligned with Spyker CEO Michiel Mol and had brought a lot of sponsors to the team.

Verstappen pointed out that bigger teams select their drivers not on the basis of money but on performance, noting that "in this regard, Albers has not made a very good impression".