Monaco GP: Super Aguri Saturday qualifying notes

Super Aguri F1 Team drivers Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny will start tomorrow's Monaco Grand Prix ahead of the Ferrari of Felipe Massa who failed to set a timed lap during the first period of today's Qualifying session.

Takuma Sato:

"Free practice went smoothly for us this morning. We tried both race set-up and performance runs and I was satisfied with the balance of the car. For Qualifying we were able to complete our planned runs, but unfortunately I got caught in traffic on my quickest lap, which is a little disappointing but normal for Monaco."

"However, from my point of view, we did the best we could during a busy Qualifying session. It is going to be a long and tough race tomorrow and I am looking forward to the challenge as anything could happen!"

Franck Montagny:

"I think that this was my best Qualifying session since I started with the SAF1 Team. I tried very hard but unfortunately I had traffic on the first lap of my two runs, so I had to do my quick lap during my second run, but this went ok. The car is quite hard to drive and it is going to be a tough race for us, but I am looking forward to it."

Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal:

"I am happy with the progress that we have made so far this weekend. We have not made any errors during the practice or Qualifying sessions and I think that we reached the full potential of the car today. Both drivers did well to control the SA05's and even though our starting positions are at the back of the grid as usual, our times are improving with every race."

"A small mistake of any kind on this tough circuit could have caused big problems, but both of our drivers, the mechanics and the engineers have done a great job here. Our next goal is to achieve a two-car finish again and Monaco would be the perfect place to do it."

Takuma Sato
Chassis: SA05-05
Position: 20
Best Lap: 1:17.276

Franck Montagny
Chassis: SA05-02
Position: 21
Best Lap: 1:17.502

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