Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
SAF1 TEAM 2007 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE
PRACTICE
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA07-04)
FP1 Position 17 Fastest Lap Time 1:38.966
FP2 Position 14 Fastest Lap Time 1:37.282
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 23 (SA07-03)
FP1 Position 21 Fastest Lap Time 1:39.357
FP2 Position 18 Fastest Lap Time 1:38.344
T-Car SA07-02
Weather Hot and humid with a clear sky (45.4-60% humidity)
Air Temperature 31.5-35°C
Track Temperature 33-58.6°C
Hot weather and green track conditions contributed to a difficult
day for SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM. Takuma was able to find a reasonable
set-up for his SA07 during the second session, however Anthony
could not get to grips with the car’s handling today.
Takuma Sato
“I think it was a difficult day. Having completed a
good test last week, we came back here with a positive attitude,
but this morning we really struggled. Looking at the others,
I thought that the track conditions weren't too bad, but we
just could not get a good grip. In the afternoon we tried
a slightly different approach and the car seemed to work better
than in the morning, which I was happy with, but still I think
we have to work a lot for tomorrow's session.”
Anthony Davidson
“It was a difficult day for me. I couldn't find the
balance in the car all day and so hopefully we can improve
on this for tomorrow. The car didn't feel anything like it
did in the test here last week, so it's a bit confusing. But
Taku had a good day and proved that the car still has the
pace that we had in Melbourne, so it's just up to me and the
engineers to work on it overnight and get a nice balance for
tomorrow.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“In the first session we struggled with low grip. We
didn't want to run the car too much on a green circuit and
when we did we found that we had very, very low grip. We pushed
hard this afternoon, I think Takuma's found quite a nice balance
and he seems to be satisfied with his car. Unfortunately that
can't be said for Anthony who's struggling with his car balance
and we've got quite a lot of work to do for him overnight.”
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