Super Aguri SA06

Racing car
Car_name = Super Aguri SA06


Category = Formula One
Constructor = Super Aguri
Designer = Mark Preston
Team = Super Aguri F1 Team
Drivers = 22. Takuma Sato
23. Sakon Yamamoto
Chassis = Carbon-fibre monocoque
Front suspension = Wishbones, pushrod-operated torsion bars and dampers. Mechanical anti-roll bar
Rear suspension = Wishbones, pushrod-operated torsion bars and dampers. Mechanical anti-roll bar
Engine name = Honda RA806-E
Capacity =
Configuration = V8
Turbo/NA = naturally aspirated
Engine position =
Gearbox name = Super Aguri
Gears = 7-speed
Type = hydraulic, longitudinal
Differential =
Fuel = Elf
Tyres = Bridgestone
Debut = 2006 German Grand Prix
Races = 7
Wins = 0
Cons_champ = 0
Drivers_champ = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest_laps = 0
The Super Aguri SA06 was the car with which the Super Aguri team competed in the latter part of the F1|2006 Formula One season. It was driven by Takuma Sato, who drove for the team throughout the year, and rookie campatriot Sakon Yamamoto, whose début at the German GP coincided with that of the new car.

The car was a development of the SA05, which in turn was a development of the Arrows A23 chassis from F1|2002. It featured revised aerodynamics, suspension and a new quick-shift gearbox, and proved a worthwhile improvement in performance. A new livery with more red was also used. This culminated with a fine display at the Brazilian GP, where Sato finished 10th out of 16 finishers, and he and Yamamoto set ninth- and seventh-fastest laps of the race respectively.

Despite this effort, the team were unclassified in the Constructors' Championship, with no points. The car was followed by the SA07. However, the SA06 would still be used: on January 15 2007, retired F1 drivers Aguri Suzuki (the team owner), Martin Brundle and Christian Danner all drove the car at Silverstone. [cite news| title =A day out for the old boys| publisher =Grandprix.com| url =http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17943.html| date =2007-01-15| accessdate =2007-01-15]

Following Super Aguri's financial collapse and withdrawal from F1 in F1|2008, an SA06 chassis was sold to a Japanese buyer for £85,600 in an auction held by the team's liquidators. [cite news| title =Super Aguri car sold for £85,000| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/70261| date =2008-09-04| accessdate =2008-09-04]

Complete Formula One results

() (results in bold indicate pole position)

References

*cite book| last =Henry| first =Alan (ed.)| authorlink =Alan Henry| coauthors =| title =AUTOCOURSE 2006-2007| publisher =Crash Media Group| date =2006| location =| pages =pp. 84-85| url =| doi =| id =ISBN 1-905334-15-X