SAF1 Team 2008 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Kingdom of
Bahrain
TAKUMA SATO Car 18 (SA08A-06)
FP1 Position 22 No: of laps 6 Fastest Lap Time 1:36.536
FP2 Position 21 No: of laps 24 Fastest Lap Time 1:35.288
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 19 (SA08A-05)
FP1 Position 21 No: of laps 6 Fastest Lap Time 1:36.145
FP2 Position 22 No: of laps 25 Fastest Lap Time 1:35.712
Weather Warm and dry (20.1 – 39.2% day relative humidity)
Air Temperature 27.0 – 30.8°C (day min-max)
Track Temperature 35.2 – 42.5°C (day min-max)
It was what has become a typical Friday for the SUPER AGURI
F1 TEAM, with a controlled testing programme dictating limited
track time.
Takuma Sato
“It was not an easy day. We struggled to get the balance
right in the car as through the laps the balance was changing
quite a lot and we did not have enough time to complete our
evaluations or to develop the set-up. We are working with
a tyre one-step softer than last year, so the comparison was
interesting between the medium and soft tyres today, and both
are working well. However, we need to work hard to get the
car balance right for tomorrow.”
Anthony Davidson
“It was quite a tough day for everyone out there today
with the cross winds. We managed to find a good race balance
on the car, but we still need to work on finding a good balance
for Qualifying tomorrow. I didn’t get a clean run at
all on any of my new tyre runs due to traffic, but that’s
not a worry at the moment.”
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director
“We had to take a very controlled approach to this
weekend which minimised our running in Free Practice one.
The weather is good today; there is not much wind around and
so the track cleaned up quite quickly, it would seem. In Free
Practice two we attempted some longer runs to get a handle
on the tyres, which I think we achieved, but we are far from
happy with the handling of the car and there is a lot of work
to do overnight, though we expect to be a little closer tomorrow.
The drivers are really challenged by the 2008 regulations
here.”
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