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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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