Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
2006 SPANISH GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA05-05)
FP1 Position 9 No: of Laps 9 Best Lap 1:20.744
FP2 Position 26 No: of Laps 30 Best Lap 1:19.616
FRANCK MONTAGNY Car 23 (SA05-02)
FP1 Position 10 No: of Laps 3 Best Lap No timed lap
FP2 Position 28 No: of Laps 21 Best Lap 1:22.222
T-Car SA05-01
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny
experienced contrasting days in terms of running time and
car performance for the start of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend
today. The weather played an important role as a wet and cloudy
morning caused the dusty track to become greasy, whilst the
afternoon brought the sunshine and very different track surface
conditions.
Takuma Sato
“We did not do much running this morning due to the
weather conditions, but towards the end of that session and
by the end of the second session we had completed our full
programme. We did some performance runs and it was encouraging
to see that the balance of the car has improved and that the
lap time and speed was much better, so we are happy with what
we have been able to achieve today.”
Franck Montagny
“It was a very difficult day for me. This morning I
completed only three laps because we had a hydraulic problem.
This afternoon we did not find a good set-up for the car;
it was very difficult to control, a lot of snap oversteer
and many more issues. I do believe that we will find something
right as Taku is fast here, but I think that we have a hard
weekend coming.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"We haven't been lucky since we came back to Europe
but we need to solve the problem as soon as we can. The team
has been working so hard to improve the speed of the car and
the motivation within the team is amazingly high. I am little
concerned about the problems we have been having, but I am
sure that we will be able to solve these issues come the race
on Sunday."
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