SAF1 TEAM 2007 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA07-04)
FP1 Position 16 Fastest Lap Time 1:34.708
FP2 Position 13 Fastest Lap Time 1:34.357
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 23 (SA07-03)
FP1 Position 14 Fastest Lap Time 1:34.567
FP2 Position 18 Fastest Lap Time 1:34.554
T-Car SA07-02
Weather Dry, cloudy start to the day, heavy rain in the afternoon
(69.5% - 85.3% humidity)
Air Temperature 20.9.oC minimum, 23.1oC maximum
Track Temperature 23.8oC minimum, 32.4oC maximum
Heavy rain and strong winds made for difficult track conditions
for the first running day of the 2007 European Grand Prix
at the Nürburging in the Eifel mountains region of Germany.
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM race drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson
made an encouraging start to the weekend with both drivers
completing their respective planned test programmes.
Takuma Sato
“Because we knew that it was going to rain in the afternoon
we had a busy morning session, which is unusual as the track
is always green in the morning. The car performed reasonably
well and I was happy enough with the balance to go into the
normal Friday tyre comparison runs. We were lucky in the afternoon
that the circuit dried very quickly after the lunchtime rain
and we were able to complete another dry session, collecting
interesting data. Hopefully we can improve tomorrow again
as today we ran reasonably well.”
Anthony Davidson
“We were quite lucky with the weather today. The F1
sessions managed to miss the downpour at midday and we were
able to work on our dry car balance. Obviously with the expected
rain in the afternoon everyone worked on the balance of their
cars heavily in the first session and we looked at the longer
runs especially. I am happy with balance of car, I think we
all did a good job today and all went smoothly.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“Good solid work.”
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