AUTODROMO JOSÉ CARLOS PACE, INTERLAGOS
2006 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
FRANCK MONTAGNY - Car No: 41 (chassis SA06-02)
FP1 Position 17 No: of Laps 6 Best Lap Time 1:17.744
FP2 Position 8 No: of Laps 20 Best Lap Time 1:13.792
TAKUMA SATO - Car No: 22 (chassis SA06-03)
FP1 Position 12 No: of Laps 16 Best Lap Time 1:16.534
FP2 Position 21 No: of Laps 27 Best Lap Time 1:15.023
SAKON YAMAMOTO - Car No: 23 (chassis SA06-04)
FP1 Position 16 No: of Laps 14 Best Lap Time 1:17.388
FP2 Position 29 No: of Laps 9 Best Lap Time 1:18.321
Weather Warm and cloudy (64-77% humidity) Air Temperature
20-23°C Track Temperature 27-39°C
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM made a good start to the 2006 Brazilian
Grand Prix weekend at Interlagos today. The team completed
its planned Friday testing programme with the team’s
third driver, Franck Montagny, setting the 8th fastest time
of the day on his last outing for the team, a 1:13.792.
Franck Montagny
“This is my last day with SUPER AGURI, so it is quite
a special day. I was happy with the car during the final session
and we finished 8th fastest. We completed two tyre tests in
the afternoon because we had a problem this morning with the
steering rack which caused us to cancel our first session.
I think it's good because a top 10 finish shows everyone that
the team is getting better and better. But there is a little
bit of sadness because the guys here have been very good to
me and I would like to thank them and Aguri for my great time
with the team.”
Takuma Sato
“It was a good start to the weekend. We made good progress
during both sessions and we felt comfortable with that. Interlagos
is a bumpy track and always challenging for the drivers and
demanding for the car set-up, but our car seems to be working
well. I believe that we can carry over today’s progress
to tomorrow.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“It was not really a successful day for me because
even though we had no issues this morning at the beginning
of FP2 the car soon had a problem. This took a long time to
fix and then we could only complete two timed laps, which
is too short to determine good car balance. We haven’t
collected a lot of data from my car, so we shall have to work
hard to prepare for tomorrow.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“I am happy with today’s practice sessions. Franck
set another good time for us and finished in the top 10. He
has done a great job for my team and I would like to thank
him for his contribution this year. Taku also did a good job
today; it is a shame that Sakon had some problems with his
car, but overall Franck collected a good amount of data and
so it is looking positive for tomorrow.”
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