Yamamoto secures Spyker seat for 2007 season
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team is pleased to announce
Sakon Yamamoto will partner Adrian Sutil for the remaining
seven races of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 25-year-old from Toyohashi, Japan, made his Formula 1
debut at his home Grand Prix in Suzuka with Spyker's predecessors,
Jordan, in 2005. The following year Sakon joined the Super
Aguri F1 Team as test and third driver before stepping up
to race in the last seven rounds of the 2006 season. After
securing three consecutive finishes in China, Japan and Brazil,
Sakon moved to the GP2 series with BCN Competition at the
beginning of 2007.
Sakon commented, 'I am very pleased to get the opportunity
to race in Formula 1 again. I know all the circuits we are
going to very well, having raced at them with Aguri last year.
I also know the team from my test in 2005 so I feel ready
for the chance. I want to do the best I can and help the team
achieve their objective of moving up the field. I'm looking
forward to working with them.'
Team principal and managing director, Colin Kolles, said,
'We would like to welcome Sakon back to the team after a long
absence. He is one of the most promising young Japanese drivers
who showed potential in the races he contested in 2006 and
I think he and Adrian will be a complimentary pairing. Sakon's
experience of the circuits we visit in the second half of
the season will be a big advantage to us as we move forward.'
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