SAF1 TEAM TEST REPORT, SILVERSTONE – Day 3
Driver: Takuma Sato
Chassis: SA06-05
No. of Laps: 87
Best Lap Time: 1:23.179
Weather: Hot and sunny, but windy
Temperatures: Air: 19-29oC, Track: 20-32oC
TOTAL TEST KILOMETRES 1055.7
TOTAL TEST LAPS 207
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM concluded its one-car test at the Silverstone
Circuit today and clocked up a grand total of 1,055 kilometres
over the three-day period.
Takuma Sato
“It has been a successful week and it was good to be
able try so many things at such an important test before the
Shanghai and Suzuka grands prix. Yesterday we completed the
tyre evaluation for Suzuka and are happy with our tyre choice
for this race. I mainly concentrated on the aero packages
for both Shanghai and Suzuka today. It is great to see the
commitment made by our aero and production guys at Leafield
to ensure that these new parts were ready in time. The car
has worked really well here and even though we encountered
a few hydraulic related problems again, we believe that we
have found the cause and hope that our reliability level in
this area will have improved. It would be great if our good
results here at Silverstone are an indication of our performance
at the last three races of the season.”
Sakon Yamamoto
“I drove the on the first and second days of our test
here at Silverstone. On day one I completed 53 laps and although
we had a small problem following the morning session, we were
able to complete our programme in the afternoon. On the second
day we had another small issue and lost a little bit of running
time and we could not finish the planned tyre evaluation,
but overall the test went very well. We completed our programmes
for the Shanghai and Suzuka grands prix and have collected
a lot of data, so I am happy with what we have achieved at
this important test this week.”
Graham Taylor, Chief Race Engineer
“Best test ever! We covered more laps, especially on
the final day, and with some pleasing results. We have worked
on improving our reliability, run new components and developments
on the car and put a lot of work into our Chinese Grand Prix
preparations. We are confident that we have chosen the correct
tyre compounds for the forthcoming races and so overall, but
especially today in such blustery conditions, I am happy with
our performance this week.”
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