Adrian Sutil has been given a chance to shine as he is to partner Christijan Albers in the Spyker F1 team next season. The 23-year-old German will replace the outgoing Tiago Monteiro who had expected to race for the team in 2007.

Portuguese F1 driver Tiago Monteiro returned to his home country this weekend to take part in local rally event “Rallye Casinos do Algarve”. Monteiro drove the safety car which follows the rally cars through the Monchique circuit. However, Monteiro was unable to complete all his duties due to the poor weather.

Tiago Monteiro, who is a driver for Spyker F1, will be taking part in the Casinos so Algarave rally this weekend as the ‘zero’ car - the safety car, a Peugeot 206 GTi with trophy specifications.