Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Kingdom of Bahrain
SAF1 TEAM 2007 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – RACE
TAKUMA SATO Car No: 22 (SA07-04)
Position DNF No: of Laps 34 Fastest Lap Time 1:36.359
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car No: 23 (SA07-03)
Position 16 (DNF) No: of Laps 51 Fastest Lap Time 1:36.111
T-Car SA02-02
Weather Hot and dry with blustery winds (20.8% - 27.4% humidity)
Air Temperature 28.8°C minimum, 30.6°C maximum
Track Temperature 34.3°C minimum, 41.7°C maximum
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson
both encountered engine trouble during an extremely demanding
2007 Bahrain Grand Prix. For the first time since the 2006
German Grand Prix, both SA07 cars unfortunately failed to
see the chequered flag.
Takuma Sato
“Today was not a good day for us. I made a very positive
race start and moved up some places, but I was struggling
for grip once again. The car was very unstable throughout
the race, so I was really struggling and I felt power loss
from the engine half way through. Obviously in the end we
had some kind of engine failure and it was a shame that we
couldn’t finish the race. However, the team did a great
job over these first three flyaway races and I think we have
to go back a long time to when we last did not finish a race!”
Anthony Davidson
“This was my best Formula One race to date; it was
really good fun. I was in the middle of the action all the
time and people were driving very cleanly, but hard. The pitstops
were good and everything went to plan. The strategy was working
quite well and then right towards the end of the race I obviously
saw some smoke coming out of the back of the engine; felt
it slow down and the team told me to stop. It was good day
nonetheless; the car felt good, it had a nice balance on both
sets of tyres.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“We have had a relatively good weekend in Bahrain.
We were able to improve the cars’ performance over the
three days, although Taku’s set-up was not as clearly
defined throughout the weekend as Anthony’s. Both drivers
and the team did a great job during the race without any mistakes,
so it is unfortunate that neither car was able to finish due
to engine trouble. We shall now look ahead to our test in
Barcelona and the race there in a few weeks.”
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