Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
2006 SPANISH GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE &
QUALIFYING
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA05-05)
FP3 Position 20 No: of Laps 20 Best Lap 1:18.857
QUALIFYING Grid Position 20 Best Lap 1:18.920
FRANCK MONTAGNY Car 23 (SA05-02)
FP3 Position 22 No: of Laps 24 Best Lap 1:20.031
QUALIFYING Grid Position 21 Best Lap 1:20.763
T-Car SA05-01
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM driver Takuma Sato set a respectable
lap time during this morning’s free practice session
that placed him firmly between the Midland F1 cars on the
official time sheets. The opening section of the Qualifying
session was interrupted by a Red Flag situation following
David Coulthard’s Red Bull leaving the track, however
both SAF1 Team drivers were able to clock reasonable lap times
despite a small mistake by Franck Montagny which compromised
his flying lap.
Takuma Sato
“We had a very smoothe morning and made good progress
during the practice session. Qualifying was also encouraging.
The conditions were relatively difficult as I had low grip
and encountered traffic before the Red Flag stopped the session.
However during the second run I had a clear track and was
able to set a similar lap time to the one I set in practice,
so I am happy. The gap between our times and the Midlands’
is getting smaller, so things are starting to get exciting
for the team.”
Franck Montagny
“My day was better day than yesterday for sure. We
were able to improve the car’s handling into the quick
corners, so now we have a stable car and I am happy about
that. We found quite a good set up on used tyres and the car
was quite easy to drive with no problems with degradation,
but with new tyres we are struggling a bit around the slow
corners. The track has changed so much and we still need more
data for the car, so it makes things a little difficult. We
are getting closer and improving a little all the time and
I know that in time the pace will come.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"Taku did a good job with the hard tyre option and I
am pleased that he made the 1:18’s. Although Franck
went off the track at the end of his quick lap he also did
a good job. The times are not so fast but they are showing
the best possible performance of the car at this point. We
have not been able to finish a race since we started the Europe
leg of the season, so I hope that we will be able to have
a two-car finish tomorrow."
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