SAF1 TEAM 2007 CHINESE GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
& QUALIFYING
TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA07-02)
FP3 Position 20 Fastest Lap Time 1:38.577
QUALIFYING Grid Position 20 Lap Time 1:38.218
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 23 (SA07-03)
FP3 Position 15 Fastest Lap Time 1:37.732
QUALIFYING Grid Position 15 Lap Time 1:37.203 Q1; 1:37.247
Q2
T-Car SA07-04
Weather Hot and sunny (58.6%-66.0% humidity)
Air Temperature 29.7°C minimum, 31.3°C maximum
Track Temperature 41.2°C minimum, 46.6°C maximum
It was a day of differing fortunes for SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM
drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. Anthony once again
put in a solid Qualifying performance to take his SA07 into
Q2 this afternoon. Takuma however endured a more difficult
day and will start tomorrow’s 2007 Chinese Grand Prix
in 20th position on the grid.
Takuma Sato
“I am very unhappy with the car as I could not get
any bite. I could not generate any grip throughout the session
and tried various things in an attempt to rectify this, but
we never solved the problem and then ran out of running time.
We then felt that we needed to make a radical set-up change
to try to improve the performance for the Qualifying session,
however the result was the same, there was no bite. There
is very little that we can do before the race tomorrow, but
we really need to understand what the problem is.”
Anthony Davidson
“It was a very satisfying day. I doubted that we would
be able to make it through into Q2 after our running on Friday,
but the track has slowly come to our car. As more rubber came
down it felt like we had more balance and I was able to make
it through to Q2 successfully. In view of tomorrow we are
still unsure of exactly what the weather will be, but I think
that we have a nice compromising set-up, so I am looking forward
to the race.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“It was another normal Saturday morning session where
we worked away on balance. Early on it became apparent that
Takuma was struggling a little, but Anthony was taking small
steps forward and that carried over into Qualifying. It was
an excellent effort by Anthony, bouncing us back into Q2.
We explored another avenue with Takuma before Qualifying,
but again failed to reap any reward from a lap time point
of view and we need to understand why that is.
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