2006 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
TAKUMA SATO - Car No: 22 (chassis SA06-03)
FP3 Position 17 No: of Laps 21 Best Lap Time 1:13.814
QUALIFYING Position 20 No: of Laps 7 Best Lap Time 1:13.269
SAKON YAMAMOTO - Car No: 23 (chassis SA06-04)
FP3 Position 22 No: of Laps 21 Best Lap Time 1:14.875
QUALIFYING Position 21 No: of Laps 10 Best Lap Time 1:13.357
T-Car SA06-02
Weather Warm and sunny (65-71% humidity) Air Temperature
20-22°C Track Temperature 33-41°C
The final free practice session of the 2006 Brazilian Grand
Prix saw SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM’s Takuma Sato setting a
fastest lap time of 1:13.814 ahead of the Spyker MF1 Team,
the Red Bull of David Coulthard and Jarno Trulli’s Toyota.
Only 2.7 seconds separated the top and bottom of the time
sheets at the end of Q1 during the afternoon’s qualifying
session, with Takuma and Sakon Yamamoto posting respectable
times of 1:13.269 and 1:13.357 respectively.
Takuma Sato
“It was good to have a close and competitive qualifying
at the end of the season. Today, in free practice, we made
good progress that we carried over from yesterday and we were
happy with the performance of the car. In qualifying we improved
our lap time again, but it was unfortunate that we could not
beat our nearest rivals. However, I believe that we have a
good race car and that we are in a good position for tomorrow.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“This morning we improved the balance of the car from
our limited running yesterday and made good progress on the
set-up for qualifying and the race tomorrow. I am happy with
my qualifying result today because I feel that I have been
able to show my potential without any problems for the first
time since Monza, so I am very happy and I would like to thank
everybody in the team.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"Both SAF1 Team drivers did a great job today and their
times were very close. I believe that our car is showing more
of its true potential, but we still have a little way to go
to match our nearest competitors. However, if you compare
our times set today with those at the beginning of the season
we have done a very good job. I would like to thank our mechanics,
everyone at the factory, Honda and Bridgestone for their support
this year and I hope that we can finish the season with a
good result tomorrow.”
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