2007 SPANISH GRAND PRIX - RACEWHO'D HAVE THOUGHT IT A YEAR
AGO!
TAKUMA SATO - Car 22 (SA07-04)
Position 8 No: of Laps 64 Fastest Lap Time 1:24.110
ANTHONY DAVIDSON - Car 23 (SA07-03)
Position 11 No: of Laps 64 Fastest Lap Time 1:24.291
T-Car SA07-02
Weather Hot and dry (20.8% - 27.4% humidity)
Air Temperature 28.9? minimum, 30.6? maximum
Track Temperature 43.4? minimum, 50.8? maximum
Who would have thought on 14th February 2006 when the first
incantation of the SA05 took to the track at Kemble airfield,
UK that the SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM would be fighting for 8th
position and their first Championship point with the reigning
World Champions at the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix. It is another
milestone in the very short history of the SAF1 TEAM and a
day that no one in the team in Spain, Leafield and Japan,
Honda, Bridgestone Potenza, our Sponsors, Partners, Suppliers
and fans around the world will forget.
Takuma Sato
"Just an amazing weekend, a truly great performance from
the team. I don't have the words really….. just one
year plus four races, scoring one point in a head-to-head
straight fight….beating Renault and grabbing the point.
I just never expected this result, I'm really deeply proud
of the work the team has done back in Leafield and all the
team at Honda Tochigi, our sponsors, fans, families, all the
people who support us. I just cannot describe how happy we
are and a point means much more than anything else for us
and this is an absolutely fantastic result. It was a tough
race and especially through the first two stints. I was struggling
a little with the pace, but I just kept on going and never
gave up until the last stint when the car came back on a good
balance and I was able to drive really hard. I was fighting
with Giancarlo but I could not see him ahead of me and my
race engineer kept saying "we're fighting with Renault"
and I just put my foot down. When I saw Giancarlo coming down
the pitlane and I was a fraction ahead of him, it was just
fantastic. Well done everybody."
Anthony Davidson
"It is a great result for the team today. It is really
good to score our first point; it's what we were all working
for from the word go this year and we knew it was going to
be really tough, but we got there. So onwards and upwards
and next time hopefully it will be me!"
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
"The team did a perfect job today. We were lucky, but
the drivers and team maintained our very good positions through
out the race and the first Championship point is very important
for us."
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