2006 BRITISH GRAND PRIX – RACE
Silverstone, UK
TAKUMA SATO Car No: 22 (SA05-01)
Position 17 Fastest Lap Time 1:26.520
FRANCK MONTAGNY Car No: 23 (SA05-02)
Position 18 Fastest Lap Time 1:27.167
T-Car SA05-05
The British Grand Prix brought the long awaited return of
a two-car finish for the SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM. Both Takuma
Sato and Franck Montagny drove a faultless race to finish
in 17th and 18th positions respectively.
Takuma Sato
“It is great that we have achieved a two-car finish
again. We had a difficult start to the weekend but in the
end we finished the race, which is a good result for the team.
Obviously we were quite off the pace today and it was a tough
race for us, but the next two rounds of the championship have
different track characteristics to Silverstone, so we will
concentrate now on these circuits and look forward to the
next fly-aways.”
Franck Montagny
“The beginning of the race was really difficult for
me, I do not know why, if it was the tyres or not, but the
car was really unstable and it was impossible for me to follow
the pace of the others. After a few laps the track improved
and the car got a little better also, but I still had a lot
of oversteer and no traction at all. The good news is that
we had both cars finish the race and we did not have any engine
or chassis problems, so that is good. We have to improve everything
for the next two rounds but this is a good result for the
team today.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"I am glad that both SA05 cars crossed the line at the
chequered flag today. It is our first two-car finish since
the Australian Grand Prix. The performance of our cars is
low, so we have to concentrate on finishing the races until
we introduce our new car during the next European rounds.
I want to thank the whole SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM for working
so hard this weekend. As our team is based in the UK it is
great to have both cars finish at the British Grand Prix,
so I am happy with this result."
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