Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana
2006 US GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
TAKUMA SATO - Car No: 22 (chassis SA05-05)
FP1 Position 14 No: of Laps 17 Best Lap 1:15.971
FP2 Position 22 No: of Laps 24 Best Lap 1:14.391
FRANCK MONTAGNY - Car No: 23 (chassis SA05-02)
FP1 Position 16 No: of Laps 17 Best Lap 1:16.489
FP2 Position 29 No: of Laps 2 Best Lap No timed lap
SAKON YAMAMOTO - Car No: 41 (chassis SA05-01)
FP1 Position 15 No: of Laps 31 Best Lap 1:16.116
FP2 Position 28 No: of Laps 33 Best Lap 1:15.120
Weather Dry, hot & sunny Air Temperature 28-31.5°C
Track Temperature 40-47°C
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM got off to an encouraging start to the
2006 US Grand Prix weekend today. SAF1 Team drivers Takuma
Sato and Sakon Yamamoto completed their respective scheduled
programmes without any major issues, however a spin at turn
4 at the start of the second free practice session ended Franck
Montagny’s running for the day.
Takuma Sato
“It was certainly one of our better days so far this
season. I am very pleased that we seem to be competitive here.
We still found it hard to find the right set-up today and
I was struggling through the infield section as we had an
oversteer balance issue. But we had good straight-line speed
which is vital for this circuit and we made good progress
throughout both sessions, so it was a good day.”
Franck Montagny
“It was not a good testing day for me. This morning
was quite good and everything worked okay, but we went out
a bit early which affected the tyres. So after this it was
very hard to find something good for the set-up of the car
and we also had a small electrical problem towards the end
of the session. I then made a mistake into turn 4 at the beginning
of the second session. The car was very pointy and I spun
and finished the session there, so overall it was not a good
day.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“I would like to thank everyone in the team for their
hard work during the sessions today. As the Canadian Grand
Prix was only one week ago I came to Indianapolis with my
confidence high. I had a very good day today. We completed
our very important tyre comparison and I think that we have
collected very good data for the team."
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"I am quite happy with our performance on our first
Friday in Indianapolis. Taku did a great job today and set
a very good time. Sakon also collected a lot of data for the
team following his longer runs and is improving with every
session. It is a pity that Franck made a small mistake at
the beginning of this afternoon’s session, but overall
the team has had a good day, so we are looking forward to
tomorrow.”
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