2008 F1 Preview: Super Aguri

Super Aguri is my next 2008 season team preview. They have just been resurrected in a partnership with Magna Group so it is fitting to preview them right now.

This pre-season has not been good to them has been absolutely terrible to them. Financial issues that plagued Super Aguri last season have continued in earnest. Testing has been almost non-existent with only about 300 laps put in and until now, they haven’t even been able to officially confirm their drivers. However, good news came yesterday when the acquisition by Magna was officially announced and the team’s equipment could be seen arriving in Melbourne.

What car will they use? They call it the SA108, but if you peel off the sticker you will find Honda RA107 underneath. Not so good, but at least it is a start for a team literally picking itself up off the floor only a few days before the Australian Grand Prix. Hopefully they will receive the new Honda before long.

It’s been a long winter for both Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato having no real assurance they will drive this year until now. Takuma Sato may fair a little better than Anthony Davidson at the back of the grid.

This season will with no doubt be a season long testing period for Super Aguri who will be looking to the future and 2009.

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