Super aguri

Super aguri

Surname	Super Aguri F1
Companies	Super Aguri Formula 1 Ltd.
Company headquarters	Leafield ( GB )
Team boss	Aguri Suzuki
statistics
First Grand Prix	Bahrain 2006
Last Grand Prix	Spain 2008
Race driven	39
Constructors' championship	0 - best result: 9th ( 2007 )
Drivers World Championship	0 - best result: 17th ( 2007 )
Race wins	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
Points	4th

Super Aguri is a Japanese motorsport racing team founded by Aguri Suzuki .

From 2006 to 2008 the racing team was active as the Super Aguri F1 Team in the Formula 1 World Championship . Suzuki acted as team principal for this engagement. Super Aguri was seen as its satellite team due to its close partnership with the factory team of automaker Honda . The racing team was based in the former Arrows factory in Leafield .

In 2014/15 and 2015/16 Super Aguri competed as Amlin Aguri and Team Aguri in the FIA Formula E Championship .

formula 1

2006

Satō in Super Aguri SA05, USA 2006

Two Japanese drivers were hired for the 2006 season : former BAR driver Takuma Satō and Formula 1 newcomer Yuji Ide . From the European Grand Prix , Ide was replaced by Franck Montagny , as the FIA ​​advised the racing team not to use Ide as a Grand Prix driver because of very poor performance ("rolling chicane"). After the European Grand Prix, the FIA Ide withdrew the Formula 1 racing license ( super license ). From the German Grand Prix , the test driver Sakon Yamamoto , who was used for three races, took over the wheel of the second Super Aguri car.

The engines for the Super Aguri were supplied by Honda and the tires by Bridgestone . Due to the FIA ​​regulations, according to which no chassis from a current competitor may be bought, modified Arrows A23 from 2002 under the designation SA05 , which were adapted to the new regulations , were initially used . They were originally acquired by former Minardi owner Paul Stoddart . The Australian bought the cars along with other equipment after Tom Walkinshaw's Arrows team was liquidated . From the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim , a further development of the SA05, the SA06, was used.

The team was only subsequently admitted to participate in the 2006 Formula 1 World Championship. The reason for this was that the necessary deposit of 48 million US dollars as a security deposit with the FIA ​​was not made by December 1, 2005. Super Aguri was able to prove the sum to the FIA ​​a short time later, but the violation of the deadline required the approval of all competing teams. At the end of December, MF1 Racing , the last of the ten remaining teams, also agreed. Above all, MF1 Racing feared financial losses, as only the top ten teams would receive a share of the revenues from Formula 1 marketing. On January 26, 2006, the official confirmation of the nomination by the FIA ​​finally followed.

2007

Anthony Davidson in Super Aguri SA07, 2007

Super Aguri SA07

Anthony Davidson in team clothes

In 2007 the team started with the drivers Takuma Satō and Anthony Davidson . Test driver was James Rossiter . In the first race of the season, the Australian Grand Prix , Takuma Satō was able to achieve the team's best qualifying result with starting position ten. At the Spanish Grand Prix , Takuma Satō was able to get the team's first championship point through his eighth place. At the Canadian Grand Prix he even reached the sixth place. But these should remain the team's only point placements.

It was surprising that the team was at times better than Honda , the works team of the engine supplier, both in terms of lap times and world championship placement . In the end, the team finished ninth with four points, ahead of their direct rivals Spyker and McLaren-Mercedes . The latter team was stripped of all points after the espionage affair .

2008

Takuma Sato in the Super Aguri SA08 at the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix

In the 2008 season , the team started with the same driver pairing. Both drivers retired in the first race. Due to the poor financial resources, the team was rarely able to take part in test drives. After the third Grand Prix of the season, negotiations with a potential investor (the British Magma Group ) failed , which seriously jeopardized participation in the Spanish Grand Prix. At the end of the day they took part, and again with some great success, as Hamilton fought for laps behind the Super Aguri in the third race until he finally got past. In the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix you drove solidly and without a single test kilometer.

After the Japanese trucks and their motorhome were denied access to the racetrack at the Turkish Grand Prix due to the tense situation, Aguri Suzuki announced the withdrawal of his team from Formula 1. According to press reports, the rescue of the team would apparently have been possible, but did not materialize due to a conflict of interests between Super Aguri and Honda. Honda apparently gave the negotiations with a new sponsor, the German Weigl Group, only low priority, as they only wanted to pay the debt in installments, while Magma would have been willing to repay the debt directly if a contract had been concluded.

FIA Formula E Championship

In 2014/15 the team entered the newly founded FIA Formula E championship under the name Amlin Aguri . Takuma Satō and Katherine Legge were hired as drivers. Satō only drove the first race for the team, Legge the first two. Then António Félix da Costa and Salvador Durán received the cockpits. Félix da Costa won the first ePrix for the racing team in Buenos Aires . At the London ePrix , Sakon Yamamoto replaced Félix da Costa, who was unable to compete in the two races due to a scheduling conflict with the DTM . After the first season in which the Aguri reached seventh place in the team ranking, the name sponsor Amlin separated from the team. In the second season they went under the name Team Aguri . Félix da Costa stayed with the team, but was represented by René Rast at the Berlin ePrix due to another scheduling conflict with the DTM . The second cockpit was given to Nathanaël Berthon , who was replaced by Durán after the third ePrix, who lost his cockpit to Ma Qinghua after three more races .

Even during the season, the team went through the sports marketing company SECA ( S ports E ntertainment C ontent A ctivation) in the possession of the Chinese corporation Chinese Media Capital over, team owner Aguri Suzuki left the team with immediate effect. From the 2016/17 season , the team will start under the name Techeetah Formula E Team .

Numbers and dates (Formula 1)

Statistics in Formula 1

season	Team name	chassis	engine	tires	Grand Prix	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	World Cup rank
2006	Super Aguri Formula 1	Super Aguri SA05 / SA06	Honda 2.4 V8	B.	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.
2007	Super Aguri Formula 1	Super Aguri SA07	Honda 2.4 V8	B.	17th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	9.
2008	Super Aguri F1 team	Super Aguri SA08	Honda 2.4 V8	B.	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.
total					39	-	-	-	-	-	4th

All drivers of Super Aguri F1 Racing in Formula 1

Surname	Years	Grand Prix	Points	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	SR	best WM-Pos.
Takuma Satō	2006-2008	39	4th	-	-	-	-	-	17th ( 2007 )
Anthony Davidson	2007-2008	21st	-	-	-	-	-	-	22. ( 2008 )
Sakon Yamamoto	2006	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	26. ( 2006 )
Franck Montagny	2006	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	27. ( 2006 )
Yūji Ide	2006	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th ( 2006 )

Results in Formula 1

season	chassis	driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2006	SA05 / SA06																					-	11.
		T. Satō	22nd	18th	14th	12	DNF	DNF	17th	DNF	17th	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	NC	16	DSQ	15th	10
		Y. Ide	23	DNF	DNF	13	DNF
		F. Montagny						DNF	DNF	16	18th	DNF	DNF	16
		S. Yamamoto													DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	17th	16
2007	SA07																					4th	9.
		T. Satō	22nd	12	13	DNF	8th	17th	6th	DNF	16	14th	DNF	15th	18th	16	15th	15 *	14th	12
		A. Davidson	23	16	16	16	11	18th	11	11	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	14th	14th	16	DNF	DNF	14th
2008	SA08																					-	11.
		T. Satō	18th	DNF	16	17th	13
		A. Davidson	19th	DNF	15th	16	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Numbers and dates (Formula E)

Statistics in Formula E.

season	Team name	vehicle	tires	ePrix	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	World Cup rank
2014/15	Amlin Aguri	SRT_01E	Michelin	11	1	-	-	-	1	66	7th
2015/16	Team Aguri	SRT_01E	Michelin	10	-	-	-	-	-	32	8th.
total				21st	1	-	-	-	1	98

All Amlin Aguri drivers in Formula E.

Surname	Years	ePrix	Points	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	SR	best WM-Pos.
António Félix da Costa	2014-2016	17th	79	1	-	-	-	-	8. ( 2014/15 )
Salvador Durán	2014-2016	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	21. ( 2014/15 )
Ma Qinghua	2016	4th	0	-	-	-	-	-	19. ( 2015/16 )
Nathanaël Berthon	2015	3	4th	-	-	-	-	-	17. ( 2015/16 )
Katherine Legge	2014	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	33. ( 2014/15 )
Sakon Yamamoto	2014	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	35th ( 2014/15 )
Takuma Satō	2014	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	24. ( 2014/15 )
René Rast	2016	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	23. ( 2015/16 )

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
FIA Formula E Championship 2014/15		AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							66	7th
Takuma Satō	55	DNF
António Félix da Costa			8th	DNF	1	6th	7th	9	11	7th
Sakon Yamamoto											°DNF °	DNF
Katherine Legge	77	°15 °	°15 °
Salvador Durán				°16 °	DSQ	10	DNF	°DNF °	17th	6th	17th	8th
FIA Formula E Championship 2015/16		AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								32	8th.
António Félix da Costa	55	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th		6th	11
René Rast									NC
Nathanaël Berthon	77	8th	15th	14th
Salvador Durán					DNF	°15 °	14th
Ma Qinghua								DNF	14th	11	12

( Legend )

Overview of the current staff (Formula E)

Area of ​​responsibility	Surname
Regular driver	António Félix da Costa
	Nathanaël Berthon
Test driver	Takuma Satō
	Fabio Leimer
Team boss	Mark Preston
technical director	Peter McCool
Managing Director / Shareholder	Aguri Suzuki

Web links

Commons : Super Aguri F1  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Super Aguri F1 Team receives permission to start" (Motorsport-total.com on January 26, 2006)
2. ↑ "Super Aguri locked out in Istanbul" (Motorsport-total.com on May 4, 2008)
3. ↑ "Super Aguri leaves the World Championship" (Motorsport-total.com on May 6, 2008)
4. ↑ "Weigl thinks it's a shame: Politics has won" ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Formel1.de on May 6, 2008) 
5. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Super Aguri: Comeback in Formula E". Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2013, accessed February 13, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Season two team names confirmed. (No longer available online.) FIAFormulaE.com, July 29, 2015, archived from the original on August 1, 2015 ; accessed on July 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.