2006 MONACO GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA05-05)
FP3 Position 20 No: of Laps 24 Best Lap 1:17.148
QUALIFYING Grid Position 20 Best Lap 1:17.276
FRANCK MONTAGNY Car 23 (SA05-02)
FP3 Position 22 No: of Laps 21 Best Lap 1:17.934
QUALIFYING Grid Position 21 Best Lap 1:17.502
T-Car SA05-01
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny
will start tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix ahead of the
Ferrari of Felipe Massa who failed to set a timed lap during
the first period of today’s Qualifying session.
Takuma Sato
“Free practice went smoothly for us this morning. We
tried both race set-up and performance runs and I was satisfied
with the balance of the car. For Qualifying we were able to
complete our planned runs, but unfortunately I got caught
in traffic on my quickest lap, which is a little disappointing
but normal for Monaco. However, from my point of view, we
did the best we could during a busy Qualifying session. It
is going to be a long and tough race tomorrow and I am looking
forward to the challenge as anything could happen!”
Franck Montagny
“I think that this was my best Qualifying session since
I started with the SAF1 Team. I tried very hard but unfortunately
I had traffic on the first lap of my two runs, so I had to
do my quick lap during my second run, but this went ok. The
car is quite hard to drive and it is going to be a tough race
for us, but I am looking forward to it.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"I am happy with the progress that we have made so far
this weekend. We have not made any errors during the practice
or Qualifying sessions and I think that we reached the full
potential of the car today. Both drivers did well to control
the SA05’s and even though our starting positions are
at the back of the grid as usual, our times are improving
with every race. A small mistake of any kind on this tough
circuit could have caused big problems, but both of our drivers,
the mechanics and the engineers have done a great job here.
Our next goal is to achieve a two-car finish again and Monaco
would be the perfect place to do it."
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