2006 TURKISH GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
Istanbul Park, Akfirat County, Istanbul
FRANCK MONTAGNY - Car No: 41 (chassis SA06-02)
FP1 Position 16 No: of Laps 13 Best Lap Time 1:31.814
FP2 Position 16 No: of Laps 25 Best Lap Time 1:30.491
TAKUMA SATO - Car No: 22 (chassis SA06-03)
FP1 Position 24 No: of Laps 1 Best Lap Time No Timed Lap
FP2 Position 24 No: of Laps 11 Best Lap Time 1:31.091
SAKON YAMAMOTO - Car No: 23 (chassis SA06-04)
FP1 Position 18 No: of Laps 11 Best Lap Time 1:31.212
FP2 Position 25 No: of Laps 21 Best Lap Time 1:31.316
Weather Hot, with a warm breeze Air Temperature 30-33°C
Track Temperature 43-52°C
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM third driver Franck Montagny returned
to the Friday Free Practice sessions today following the introduction
of the third SA06 chassis. The team experienced only one minor
gearbox issue during FP1 and all three SAF1 Team drivers successfully
completed their planned programmes for the day.
Franck Montagny
“First of all ‘thanks’ to the mechanics
because I know that the car arrived late and that they worked
overnight to prepare it. Unfortunately this morning we had
problems so we could not set up the car correctly and this
afternoon we had a lot of work to do on the tyres. To start
with I was not too happy about the set-up of the car as it
was very nervous, but we didn't really have time to work on
it, so we did a good job considering that. Two hours running
is always a little bit too short, but I'm happy to be back
driving with the team and to give some information and feedback
that I hope will be useful for the weekend.”
Takuma Sato
“It was a very important day for us; to shakedown the
SA06. We did not encounter any major problems, which is great.
Franck completed a respectable amount of running with a few
set-up changes and collected valuable tyre data. I was relying
on that as I did not run in the first session, as we had planned.
During the second session we ran the normal installation lap
to check that everything was okay and then ran through our
planned programme. The car seems to be working well and if
everything is okay when we look at the SA06’s data tonight,
we will continue to update the car tomorrow.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“Today was a good start for this race weekend for me.
It was the first time for me to drive the circuit but I was
able to learn the layout quickly this morning. During this
afternoon’s session we worked on improving our set-up
and I am happy with the result so I think that we are ready
for tomorrow.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“I am very happy with the debut of the third SA06.
Franck did a very good job today. During the afternoon session
he set a competitive time and provided us with a good amount
of data from the new car. Both Takuma and Sakon set times
above the Midland’s, so overall it has been a good day
for the team.”
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