2007 BRITISH GRAND PRIX – RACE
TAKUMA SATO Car No: 22 (SA07-04)
Position 14 No: of Laps 57 Fastest Lap Time 1:23.413
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car No: 23 (SA07-02)
Position DNF No: of Laps 35 Fastest Lap Time 1:24.144
T-Car SA02-03
Weather Warm and sunny (33.8% - 45.2% humidity)
Air Temperature 21.2°C minimum, 23.4°C maximum
Track Temperature 46.5°C minimum, 37.1°C maximum
It was not the British Grand Prix weekend that the SUPER
AGURI F1 TEAM was hoping for. Anthony Davidson suffered a
mechanical issue which forced the team to retire him on lap
35 of the race. Takuma struggled to find pace in his SA07
from the start, however he took the chequered flag in 14th
position today.
Takuma Sato
“I struggled a lot with high-speed understeer due to
the fact that we changed to the T-car chassis. Obviously as
I started from the pits there was no lap to the grid, so we
had to rely on the base set-up of the car. Unfortunately I
lost quite a bit of time during the first stint until my first
pitstop when we were able to adjust the front flap. Then in
the second stint, once I was clear of the traffic, I was able
to push hard and clocked some decent lap times. But in the
end it was a very difficult weekend.”
Anthony Davidson
“A disappointing first British Grand Prix for me. I
had a good start, overtook one of the Hondas and was right
with the mid-field pack. I had a good little fight with Jenson
when he got me back at the exit of Club; it was good, clean
racing. I kept in touch with the two Hondas for the next 15
laps or so, and then suddenly started feeling that the car
was touching the ground quite a lot on the rear and it felt
like it had become a bit unsafe to drive. We're still unsure
of exactly what the problem was. We tried to get back out
there, but the problem remained and we had to retire the car
before the end of the race. It was a frustrating weekend in
general really, because the speed I felt was still there and
it was annoying that I could not to get to the end.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“I think the fact that we didn't test here prior to
this race hurt us all weekend and today confirmed that. It
was a tough race for both the drivers. We opted to start Takuma
from the pitlane. Anthony seemed to get a run on Jenson in
the first lap, but then lost the place back. Ant followed
him for a while until he had a problem with the rear of this
car and unfortunately we had to retire him. Takuma soldiered
long and hard and showed his speed when he was clear of traffic.
But that's the only ray of sunshine in a very difficult day.”
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