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New challenges beckon for Taku with Super Aguri.
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New challenges beckon for Taku with Super Aguri.
08/03/2006
Takuma Sato will lead the new Super Aguri F1 team into its debut season this weekend, when the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship begins in Bahrain.
The Honda powered outfit arrive in Bahrain having completed around 600 kilometres of testing mileage during the off-season - with a three-day systems check in Barcelona followed by a brief shakedown of the SA05 at Silverstone. However, while preparations for the new season have not been ideal, Taku is looking forward to a new challenge, after three seasons with BAR.
"I am very excited to be going to Bahrain with a brand new team," he said. "They have done a great job to ensure that we made it to the first race - and that is a fantastic achievement. We shook down the car with our 2006 aero package last week and although we did not get to do much running due to bad weather, the car worked well immediately.
"It will feel very different starting the season in Bahrain. The circuit in Sakhir provides an exciting race, but it is demanding on the car, especially on the brakes due to the number of low-speed corners and the heat. We know that it will be a difficult start for what will be a very challenging year, but we are very much looking forward to it."
Team boss Aguri Suzuki is proud of the way the Leafield based team have pulled together to prepare for 2006 and he said he was excited by the challenge ahead.
"The first race of the 2006 F1 season is a milestone for Super Aguri Formula One," he added. "It is an amazing achievement that we have put together an F1 team in only four months and I am very proud of everyone involved.
"As a new team we have many personnel who are new to Formula One and we are all very much looking forward to arriving in Bahrain. We know that we will experience very hot weather and high track temperatures, so a top priority will be looking after our tyres during the race. At our test in Barcelona we finalised with Bridgestone our tyre choice for Bahrain and the Honda engine has been running well.
"We know that we have a challenging year ahead, but we are determined and have great team spirit which we hope you will see this weekend."
Taku's fellow countryman, Yuji Ide meanwhile will drive the second SA05, making his F1 debut on Sunday.
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