2006 TURKISH GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING
Istanbul Park, Akfirat County, Istanbul
TAKUMA SATO - Car No: 22 (chassis SA06-03)
FP3 Position 22 No: of Laps 21 Best Lap Time 1:30.151
QUALIFYING Grid Position 22 No: of Laps 5 Best Lap Time 1:30.850
SAKON YAMAMOTO - Car No: 23 (chassis SA06-04)
FP3 Position 20 No: of Laps 17 Best Lap Time 1:29.881
QUALIFYING Grid Position 21 No: of Laps 7 Best Lap Time 1:30.607
T-Car SA06-02
Weather Hot and sunny Air Temperature 28-34°C Track Temperature
36-54°C
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers Takuma Sato and Sakon Yamamoto
will line up on the starting grid for tomorrow’s race
in 22nd and 21st position respectively. Varying track conditions
due to the searing heat and lack of test running in the new
SA06 made it difficult for both drivers to find the set-up
they were looking for. A major chassis problem during Qualifying
rendered Takuma unable to improve on his fastest lap time
set during the Free Practice session, whilst Sakon was also
unable to improve on his best lap time set in the morning
due to the varying track conditions and brevity of preparation
time.
Takuma Sato
“It is a disappointing result. We had a new front suspension
on my car today and this morning we made good progress during
the session with only a small issue towards the end. In Qualifying,
however, we had a major chassis related problem which caused
me to struggle with the handling and I therefore could not
set a good lap time. I have a good feeling from the SA06 from
this morning’s session, so I hope that we can have a
good race tomorrow.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“This morning we continued with our car set-up plans
from yesterday and progressed with the new tyre options. The
car balance changed between FP3 and Qualifying, mainly due
to the track conditions, and so we had to adjust our set-up
again during Qualifying. We were unable to find a set-up that
would give us a good lap time in the short amount of running
that we had, so our times were much slower than those in the
morning. However, I am looking forward to tomorrow and to
hopefully finishing my first race with the team in the SA06.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“The complete version of the SA06 is showing potential
but we have not had enough time to set-up the car and you
can see this from our Qualifying times today. Takuma was progressing
well in the car this morning, but unfortunately experienced
a significant chassis problem during the Qualifying session.
Sakon has done a consistently good job and made no mistakes
so far this weekend. He has been improving with every session
and I hope that he will be able to finish the race tomorrow.”
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