SAF1 Team Test Report Bahrain, Day 1


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Date: 27 February 2007

Duration of test: 3 days

Driver: Takuma Sato

Chassis: SAF1 Team Interim Car

No. of Laps: 75

Best Lap Time: 1:33.813

Position: 15th (out of 17 cars (F. Montagny and R. Schumacher, Toyota, in shared car))

Weather: Dry with extreme wind at times

Temperatures: Air: 22-26oC, Track: 24-36oC

For the final test before the 2007 season opening race in Melbourne, Australia on 18th March, Takuma Sato has joined the SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC).

For the team’s the one-car, three-day programme, Takuma took over from where Anthony left off last week, concentrating on set-up iterations and analysis of the Bridgestone Potenza tyres. Quality laps rather than quantity was the order of today.


 
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