Super Aguri F1 Team

Super Aguri is the youngest team in the F1 field, having been built from nothing in the winter of 2005-6. The team was founded by Aguri Suzuki, who raced in F1 between 1988 and 1995 with the Larrousse, Footwork, Jordan and Ligier teams, and finished third in his home Grand Prix in Japan in 1990. After he retired from driving Suzuki started teams in Japan and America and worked on plans to move up to F1. He got his chance when the works Honda team dropped Takuma Sato at the end of 2005, and the manufacturer decided to find another seat for him. The only option was to help Suzuki start a new team by supplying engines and other support. The team was put together in just a few weeks using many elements from the Arrows team that had closed down in 2002, including the old chassis, the factory, and personnel. The team struggled through its first year in 2006 at the back of the field, but after it was given the works Honda design for last season there was a massive upturn in form. Sato twice scored points and he and team mate Anthony Davidson regularly humbled the official Honda team.

Super Aguri F1 is a Formula One team that made its debut in the 2006 season. The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, is based in Tokyo, Japan but operates from the former Arrows factory in Leafield, UK. The cars are referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an unofficial Honda 'B'-team. In Japan, public pressure persuaded Honda to help its former driver Takuma Sato to continue to compete in Formula One. This was influential in the creation of Super Aguri's F1 project and the engine supply from Honda.

Technical Specification

Chassis

• Moulded carbon fibre and honeycomb composite construction incorporating front and side composite impact structures. Integral roll protection structures. Fully enclosed fuel cell. Bodywork construction Composite multi piece sidepod and engine cover, separate carbon floor section, structural composite nose box and composite wings.
• 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.
• Dampers Showa
• Wheels BBS
• Tyres Bridgestone
• Brakes Alcon Calipers
• Hitco material
• Steering Pneumatic power assisted
• Steering wheel Bespoke specification and composite construction
• Drivers seat Driver specific bespoke carbon composite
• Seat belts Takata
• Fuel cell ATL kelvar reinforced
• Battery 2.5 Ah lead acid
• Instrumentation Bespoke specification

Transmission

• Carbon composite maincase.
• 7 speed semi automatic electro hydraulically controlled
• Clutch Sachs
• Front track 1,450mm
• Rear track 1,400mm
• Wheelbase 3,165mm
• Overall length 4,685mm
• Overall height 950mm
• Overall width 1,800mm

Engine

• Engine Honda RA808E
• Displacement 2.4 litres
• Configuration V8, naturally aspirated
• Vee angle 90 degrees
• Maximum power Over 700 bhp
• Maximum revs 19,000 rpm
• Valve train 4 valves per cylinder; pneumatic valve system
• Throttle system Electronic hydraulically-operated system
• Injection system Honda PGM-FI
• Ignition system Honda PGM-IG
• Spark Plugs NGK
• Oil ENEOS

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