SAF1 TEAM 2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
& QUALIFYING
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA07-04)
FP3 Position 5 Fastest Lap Time 1:16.864
QUALIFYING Grid Position 11 Lap Time 1:16.743
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 23 (SA07-03)
FP3 Position 10 Fastest Lap Time 1:17.391
QUALIFYING Grid Position 17 Lap Time 1:17.542
T-Car SA07-02
Weather Warm with a clear sky following overnight rain (43.3-62.1%
humidity)
Air Temperature 24.0°C minimum, 26.7°C maximum
Track Temperature 37.2°C minimum, 51.6°C maximum
Overnight showers in Montréal made for difficult track
conditions once again this morning. SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers
Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson both completed trouble-free
Practice programmes and ended the session happy with the balance
of the SA07.
A Red Flag situation at the start of the afternoon’s
Qualifying session meant a change in strategy for the remainder
of Q1. Takuma set a fastest lap time of 1:16.743 which saw
him comfortably go through to Q2 and he will lead the Honda-powered
teams’ for the start of the Canadian Grand Prix from
11th position on the grid.
Takuma Sato
“I am pleased with the result and we are in a very
good position for the race tomorrow. We were expecting to
have a tough weekend in Canada as our circumstances make it
difficult to fully update the car as much as we would like
to. However, we made good progress during the practice sessions
and a good step forward once again, so I am pleased that the
car showed good performance and that it all came together
today. Hopefully we can have a strong race tomorrow.”
Anthony Davidson
“It was a difficult Q1 after the Red Flag and I think
it made everyone change their plans very quickly. We got one
run in, but I think that a lot of the other teams got two
runs in and that was always going to make it extremely tight.
I think we both drove a good lap for only doing one quick
run. I got rear graining as well on my tyres for the last
half of the lap and that's where all my time disappeared to.
I think that without the graining I would have easily made
it through to Q2. I was 5/10ths up on my time from this morning
and I was really happy with my times, but when I got round
to Turn 10 it all fell away and I ended the lap on a 17.5
and that’s a real shame.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“The Red Flag during Q1 set us on the back foot a little
bit this afternoon, but we recovered well I think to get the
cars out at the right time. Unfortunately for Anthony we weren't
able to set a good enough lap time to get him through to Q2,
missing out by a thousandth of a second. It is disappointing
because his Sector 1 and Sector 2 times looked more than capable
of getting us through to the next round. Taku did not have
a great run, but it was good enough to get us through to Q2
where, with a structured plan, we could perform at our rightful
place. He completed a good lap to put himself P11 on the grid
and give us the best option for strategy for tomorrow.”
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