2007 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE & QUALIFYING,
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA07-04)
FP3 Position 9 Fastest Lap Time 1:26.491
QUALIFYING Grid Position 10 Lap Time 1:26.758
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 23 (SA07-03)
FP3 Position 4 Fastest Lap Time 1:27.266
QUALIFYING Grid Position 11 Lap Time 1:26.909
T-Car SA07-02
Weather Cloudy with early light rain, drying in the afternoon
(51.1-79.5% humidity)
Air Temperature 18.3-22.9°C
Track Temperature 21.4-42.6°C
SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM … the quotes say it all….
Takuma Sato
“What can I say, it was an absolutely fantastic team
effort. It was a difficult day again as it was spitting with
rain and a set-up change took longer than expected in the
practice session so we only completed a few laps. During the
whole of Qualifying the team worked well together, building
up the car, step-by-step and things just went the right way.
I was always going to be very happy if we made it into Q2,
but I never imagined that we would reach Q3 - but we did,
and it is a great feeling. Obviously this is just the start
of the season, and we have a lot of work to do, so for tomorrow
we just hope to have a good race.”
Anthony Davidson
“It was awesome. I felt really on top of the car and
what I did in Free Practice continued on in to Qualifying.
I was really enjoying it and then I went off on my first attempt
and I lost a little bit of time. On my last run I lost a lot
of time in the last corner and I didn’t set a good lap,
but my next two split times were better than Taku, so I'm
happy and generally really pleased for the team, but a little
bit frustrated that I set my best time in Free Practice and
not Qualifying.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“Fantastic news for the team. Again the weather interrupted
the preparation for the final Free Practice session, but we
got some good running in at the end and I think we showed
ourselves to be in a racing state of mind. Come Qualifying,
we tried to keep the boys as calm as possible, including ourselves,
and we knew that if everything went our way we had a shot
at getting through to Q3, but we weren't really expecting
it. For Anthony to miss out on Q3 is the only disappointing
thing about Qualifying today. To get Taku through to Q3 and
to finish in the top 10 at the first race of our second season
in the World Championship is just astounding. Everyone in
the team, and back home at the factory in Leafield, did a
fantastic job; the drivers drove very well and the Engineers
got the cars balanced well. I would also like to thank all
of our sponsors and partners Honda and Bridgestone Potenza.”
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