2006 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX – PREVIEW
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM heads to the Nürburgring circuit
in Germany this week for the fifth round of the 2006 FIA Formula
One™ World Championship. The historic track features
a mixture of very slow through to high-speed corners; from
the revised Turn 1 to the very high speed ‘S’
that follows the hairpin. The undulating circuit used for
the F1 race is 5.148 kilometres or 3.199 miles long, equating
to 308.863 kilometres or 191.938 miles over the 60-lap race
distance.
Takuma Sato
“I enjoy racing at the Nürburgring mainly because
of the layout – it is a challenging circuit with flowing
high-speed corners and an undulating track. I have special
memories of driving here, not only from F1, but also from
my Junior Formula days. At the European Grand Prix we will
be testing the latest spec of Bridgestone tyre and an aero
update package that we hope will help us in the medium to
high-speed corners that require a lot of downforce and good
car balance. The race is earlier in the season this year so
we are unsure of how the weather will affect us, but the Nürburgring
is a great circuit and always produces an exciting race so
we are waiting for the weekend to arrive and to be back on-track
again.”
Yuji Ide
“Firstly, I would like to apologise again to Christian
for what happened in Imola and I very much hope that he is
ok. I am new to Formula One and have had very little running
in the car, so I have been trying to drive safely and to improve
with every race. For the European Grand Prix I have been studying
the Nürburgring circuit very closely by watching videos
of the past races and learning the race lines. I am looking
forward to the race and hopefully will be able to show some
improvements.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"As most people know, we have been busy preparing our
new car, the SA06. As a result it would have been very hard
for us to test last week with our limited resources, so we
have decided to run a third car with Franck Montagny in Germany
in order to collect more the data from SA05. We are happy
to have Franck back with the team as his experience and knowledge
will be of great help in addition to the valuable information
fed back to us from Takuma and Yuji. SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM will
have a new aero package and Bridgestone tyres to test at the
European Grand Prix, so we are looking forward to another
challenging weekend."
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