After a great start, and some excellent driving, both Super Aguri cars suffered engine failures. Team tactics and smooth pit stops saw both drivers gaining on the field, Anthony pushing the Renault and Taku pushing Anthony.

Only lady luck could spoil the day, and she did.

Taku drove a superb start, weaving elegantly between the Hondas of Rubens and Jenson, to take two places before the first corner. Anthony made sixth place during the middle stint, thanks to good team tactics.

Check below for news from the team, and come back soon for a report from Gavon Noble, SAF1 Radio Comms manager.

www.saf1.co.jp  Press Release
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Kingdom of Bahrain
15 April 2007
2007 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – RACE

TAKUMA SATO Car No: 22 (SA07-04)
Position DNF No: of Laps 34 Fastest Lap Time 1:36.359
ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car No: 23 (SA07-03)
Position 16 (DNF) No: of Laps 51 Fastest Lap Time 1:36.111

Weather Hot and dry with blustery winds (20.8% - 27.4% humidity)
Air Temperature 28.8°C minimum, 30.6°C maximum
Track Temperature 34.3°C minimum, 41.7°C maximum

SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson both encountered engine trouble
during an extremely demanding 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix. For the first time since the 2006 German Grand
Prix, both SA07 cars unfortunately failed to see the chequered flag.

Takuma Sato
“Today was not a good day for us. I made a very positive race start and moved up some places, but I was
struggling for grip once again. The car was very unstable throughout the race, so I was really struggling and I
felt power loss from the engine half way through. Obviously in the end we had some kind of engine failure and
it was a shame that we couldn’t finish the race. However, the team did a great job over these first three
flyaway races and I think we have to go back a long time to when we last did not finish a race!”

Anthony Davidson
“This was my best Formula One race to date; it was really good fun. I was in the middle of the action all the
time and people were driving very cleanly, but hard. The pitstops were good and everything went to plan.
The strategy was working quite well and then right towards the end of the race I obviously saw some smoke
coming out of the back of the engine; felt it slow down and the team told me to stop. It was good day
nonetheless; the car felt good, it had a nice balance on both sets of tyres.”

Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“We have had a relatively good weekend in Bahrain. We were able to improve the cars’ performance over the
three days, although Taku’s set-up was not as clearly defined throughout the weekend as Anthony’s. Both
drivers and the team did a great job during the race without any mistakes, so it is unfortunate that neither car
was able to finish due to engine trouble. We shall now look ahead to our test in Barcelona and the race there in
a few weeks.”
END