SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM is pleased to announce the following
internal promotions.
Mark Preston has accepted the position of Technical Director
of the SAF1 TEAM. Mark takes up his new position with immediate
effect and will continue to attend all race and test events
whilst managing the Design and Research and Development departments
based at the SAF1 Team factory in Leafield, UK.
Graham Taylor has been promoted from his current role of
Chief Race Engineer to the newly created position of Sporting
Director. In his new role Graham will be responsible for the
Race and Test Team performance and all related activities.
An integral part of Graham’s new position will be to
ensure that the image, professionalism and development of
the SAF1 TEAM is administered with an understanding of the
future path and development of ‘The Race Team’.
For the remainder of the 2006 season Graham will continue
to oversee the Engineering department with no further personnel
changes.
Further promotions within SAF1 Team include Ben Wood to the
role of Head of Aerodynamics, Stephen Watt becomes Head of
Electronics and Gérry Hughes commences his new role
of Head of Research and Development whilst continuing his
position as Race Engineer for Car Number 22 (Takuma Sato).
Mark Preston, Technical Director
''I am glad that Aguri has been able to bring stability to
the team and cement our future direction. It is a credit to
all who have worked so hard at SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM and delivered
so much over this first year of racing. Through our constant
improvement we have come from approximately 7% off the pace
at our first Grand Prix in Bahrain and are now within 3% of
the front runners at recent races, a huge effort in anyone’s
books! These internal promotions reflect the commitment to
further strengthening the team’s future.”
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