2006 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING
Hungaroring, Budapest
TAKUMA SATO - Car No: 22 (chassis SA06-03)
FP3 Position 18 No: of Laps 15 Best Lap Time 1:24.847
QUALIFYING Grid Position 20 Best Lap Time 1:22.967
SAKON YAMAMOTO - Car No: 23 (chassis SA06-04)
FP3 Position 22 No: of Laps 19 Best Lap Time 1:26.260
QUALIFYING Grid Position 22 Best Lap Time 1:24.016
T-Car SA05-01
Weather Warm but overcast Air Temperature 21-24°C Track
Temperature 29-35.5°C
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM driver Takuma Sato set a solid qualifying
lap time in the 1:22’s alongside the Williams F1 car
of Nico Rosberg and the Scuderia Toro Rosso team. Sakon Yamamoto
made an encouraging start to his Qualifying session setting
a reasonable time - 1:24.016 - on his initial run.
Takuma Sato
“We had a chassis problem during this morning’s
practice session and lost some running time in addition to
the red flag situation on the track. It was then difficult
to make further progress during the session, but towards the
end we made our tyre choice for tomorrow. For Qualifying I
caught some traffic during my first run and it was not a particularly
good lap. I also had to stop at the weigh bridge which lost
us quite a bit of time and because of this we had to make
a pitstop instead of returning in to the garage. Unfortunately
this made the tyres cool down too much and I struggled with
the warm up. But in the end we should be happy with what we
achieved in terms of lap times today.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“We analysed the data obtained from yesterday’s
sessions and changed the car set-up for FP3. During the session
we maintained consistent laps and everything seemed to be
okay. I am a little bit disappointed with my Qualifying because
I made a mistake on the second set of new tyres and I was
not able to improve on my first run time. It is a shame, but
I have learnt a lot from today and I will try not to make
the same mistake during the next Qualifying in Turkey. The
car set-up for tomorrow is comfortable so I am looking forward
to what will essentially be my first race here in Hungary.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“It has been a difficult day, although Taku and Sakon
both did a good job and I am pleased with their performances.
But the car is still not quick enough and we shall have to
wait until the Turkish Grand Prix before we see our complete
new car package. We still maintain a gap to our competitors
so we will concentrate on developing the SA06 during the mid-season
break. To help us to do this we need both SAF1 Team cars to
finish tomorrow’s race so that we obtain more data,
so I hope that we will have a good day here in Hungary.”
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