Q&A with Anthony Davidson, 2007 SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM
Driver, Car Number 23.
“Qu: Welcome to SAF1 Team Anthony! How do you
feel at the moment?
AD: I feel very welcome. It is such a fantastic feeling to
be here! I am so glad that it has all come together and I
am looking forward to building on an already great relationship
with the team and to moving on to really good things.
Qu: What does it feel like to finally have a permanent
Formula One race seat?
AD: It is an amazing feeling - it is what I have dreamt of
since I was a little kid doing karting. To finally get your
lucky break, because that’s what it is at the end of
the day, being in the right place at the right time. It is
literally a dream come true.
Qu: What are your first impressions of your new team
and the SAF1 Team factory at Leafield?
AD: My first impressions are that it is a very hard working,
small team – a smaller team than I have been used to
for the past few years – and it is really nice. There
is an extremely friendly atmosphere and all the guys on the
factory floor are really motivated to do a good job and I
am looking forward to being right there with them.
Qu: What do you think it will be like working and
competing with Taku (Takuma Sato) again?
AD: It feels a bit strange. I obviously competed with him
in Formula 3 and then worked with him at the B.A.R team as
it was then. So it will feel a bit strange, but also this
time I will be competing directly against him in a way! It
will be a fun year, we get on really well and we know each
others strengths and weaknesses and hopefully, like in any
good team, we will push everybody on to bigger and better
things.
Qu: What are your personal objectives and expectations
for the 2007 season?
AD: Obviously I know how the race weekend format runs from
not only my role driving on a Friday but from the three races
that I have competed in. Testing is one thing, but racing
is another. You can do the lap times in testing, but it is
very difficult to do it in the race. I haven’t finished
a race yet due to various circumstances, so my first objective
is to finish my first race with the team in Melbourne and
then go from there – build up the learning blocks. Even
though I know the format I am still going to be learning.
By the end of the year I hope to be pushing Taku really hard
and hopefully we will be in a competitive environment with
our car. The ultimate goal has to be scoring points in your
first year and I believe that this is now a realistic goal.”
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