2006 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX – PREVIEW
Hungaroring, Budapest
The SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM has arrived in the city of Budapest
to commence setting up camp at the Hungaroring for the second
race of the latest set of back-to-back grands prix. The team
is encouraged by the debut performance of its new car, the
SA06, and will bring an aerodynamics update package to the
2006 Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.
The Hungaroring circuit is situated 19 kilometres from the
centre of Budapest in the village of Mogyoród. It is
the second slowest track on the F1 calendar after the street
circuit of Monaco due to its winding nature and number of
slow to medium speed corners.
Takuma Sato
“It will be hard for the team this week as we are traveling
straight to Hungary for the next back-to-back race. This is
especially so as we have the new car and a lot of work to
do to improve our performance. However from a personal point
of view it is good for me to get back into the car and racing
as soon as possible. The circuit in Hungary is very different
from the Hockenheimring; it is a very high downforce and demanding
circuit with a lot of slow and medium corners. We will have
a specific Hungarian aero pack for this race and it will be
interesting to see how the SA06 performs with another step.
Hopefully we will be able to solve the problems we encountered
over the German Grand Prix weekend and so I am very much looking
forward to seeing how we progress at the Hungarian race this
weekend.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“I have never been to Hungary so it will be my first
time visiting there. However, it was also my first time visiting
Canada and America so I am preparing for the Hungarian race
in the same way as I did for those tracks. I am really looking
forward to the Hungarian Grand Prix because in Germany I was
not able to show the SA06's potential. I want to do my best
in Hungary and hope that we can keep the momentum going following
the encouraging pace shown by the new car last weekend.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“The German Grand Prix was a further shakedown test
for the SA06. We achieved what was essentially a long run
test with Takuma's car during the race, but the Hungaroring
is a completely different type of circuit. The team now understands
the new car's weak point and we will try to rectify this problem
for next weekend. I hope that we shall achieve an improved
qualifying position for the Hungarian Grand Prix and, of course,
a better result for the race.”
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