SAF1 TEAM 2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX – RACE
TAKUMA SATO Car No: 22 (SA07-04)
Position 6 No: of Laps 70 Fastest Lap Time 1:18.035
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car No: 23 (SA07-03)
Position 11 No: of Laps 70 Fastest Lap Time 1:18.543
T-Car SA02-02
Weather Hot with a clear sky (28.6% - 58.7% humidity range)
Air Temperature 25.7°C minimum, 30.2°C maximum
Track Temperature 48.6°C minimum, 65.7°C maximum
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson
achieved a fantastic result. In a race that saw half of the
field retire from running, both Taku and Ant drove an extremely
demanding Canadian Grand Prix. Whilst running in and maintaining
third position, an unfortunate member of the local wildlife
crossed Anthony’s path and damaged his front wing causing
him to make an otherwise unnecessary stop. He continued to
drive a superb race and achieved 11th position across the
finish line. Taku had the drive of his career. During the
nail-biting last laps of the race he overtook the two Toyota
cars and defending World Champion Fernando Alonso. Coming
home once again in the points to take the chequered flag in
6th position Taku is now equal 11th in the Drivers’
Championship, taking SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM to joint 7th place
in the Constructors’ Championship.
Takuma Sato
“What an awesome weekend for us. So many things happened
during this race – I was really worried about what happened
to Kubica and when I heard he was okay I felt relief and I
would like to say a big thank you to the Formula One safety
team. After that accident I then tackled the racing. It was
a real mixture of competitive racing and safety car situations
and our strategy worked well. At one stage I came into the
pit because I saw an opportunity immediately after safety
car was deployed and the pit lane was still open. The team
knew and was on hand straight away. During the last few laps
I had a great feeling because I was able to race with the
front runners and I was able to confidently overtake and take
back my position. This was absolutely the most beautiful day
in my racing career and is an amazing result. A huge thanks
to the guys today and all the people who support us.”
Anthony Davidson
“It is such a shame about the beaver. It had it in
for me for sure! I was running in third place at the time,
behind the safety car. I was on a clear, one stop strategy
and it damaged the front wing. I couldn’t even see it
at high speed and I could not understand why suddenly I locked
up the front tyres and so I had to come in to the pitlane.
The guys were taken by surprise in the garage when I came
in, but they were really on it with the race strategy after
that, telling me to overtake the safety car to get my lap
back and it was a really enjoyable race at the end. I hope
Kubica is okay because I saw the accident from the other side
of the road. The race was complete carnage from the word go
and I'm just happy to have made it to the end. I equalled
my best result and it is great news for the team who did a
great job today. I was out there on the option tyre, realised
there was lots of graining and reported it to the team. I
came in under the safety car to change the tyres and before
Taku had even done any fast laps they knew to change the tyres
back to the prime and the tyres paid off. It was really good
team work so I am extremely happy.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“It has been a perfect day. Our team, and Taku, achieved
another three points - it's incredible what they have done
today. Anthony also did a very, very good job, but it's unlucky
that during the race he hit an animal and this damaged his
car. The whole team did great job today and I am very proud
of them.”
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