By nGO
October 6 2006

There was rain in the first session where only a hand full of drivers set a time. As the weather improved in the afternoon Super Aguri carried out extensive work.

The changing weather conditions made it difficult to do any consistant set up work or tire evaluation, although Super Aguri believe they have chosen the right tire. All three cars ran without problems and there was plenty of data collected.

The car working well for Sato, he finished 26th in practice and set a fastest lap time of 1:38.533, "Basically we completed our wet and dry runs during the changing weather conditions, which made it very difficult to evaluate the different car set-ups and meant that we could not do our back to back tyre test. However we were able to collect a lot of useful data. The car was working well with no problems today, so it has been a good start and it is great to see the incredible support from our fans from day one."

Yamamoto has Good feeling, he finished practice 28th setting a fastest lap time of 1:38.955, "Firstly, I am very happy to drive at Suzuka Circuit, it was really a fantastic feeling this morning when I went out on to the circuit - I felt that this is really my home track. During the morning session we had a rain shower and in the afternoon the circuit conditions changed a lot, so obviously it was a bit difficult to prepare and understand the car's situation. Every time we went out the track conditions were different, but on the last run we were able to use the dry tyres and get the feeling of the track and car with the dry tyres. The information we collected is going to be useful data because I have heard that tomorrow is going to be a dry day. I can still improve on my lap times because my last lap, which should have been my quickest, was compromised. I hope that I will be able to improve by one or two seconds tomorrow morning, but even so, I still have quite a good feeling from today."

A good day for Montagny, he finished practice 19th setting a fastest lap time of 1:37.354, "It was quite a good day. We tried the different tyre options and know which one is good for us. Because of the weather conditions this morning we worked on the wet tyres which gave us some good information. I think that we should be stronger here this weekend as the car was performing well today, with no real problems, so it was a good day for us I think."