That cracks me up. How can a customer car, beat the factory team? With all of the money honda spends, they must really be feeling kind of stupid right now. I do not like super aguri. but I think its good they are having some success. Anthony Davidson is a great driver. I raced in karts against him a few times, and he is very talented. But, I REALLY do not like Takuma Sato. He is pretty much the same as all the other japanese drivers in f1, a moving chicane. He is ok in qualifying, but as soon as there is another car near him, I think he is somehow magnetized to hitting them. Anyways, I bet poor old Jensen Button is pretty pissed at his team right now, and rightfully so! Hopefully they can gain some power, and beat the super aguris. Otherwise, I have a feeling honda will be sending the repo man to the aguri factory!
2007-03-17 08:57:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Formula One
oops, I mispelled FACTORY.
2007-03-17 08:58:17 · update #1
i have read that article. I would be pretty pissed too, if I was spending hundreds of millions of dollars engineering my own car, and engine, and then somebody like aguri suzuki comes along spending a fraction, and out paces me. I see why Frank williams is upset. I just cannot believe that the honda team, wiht all of the money they spend, cannot beat their customer's car.
2007-03-17 12:25:58 · update #2
I think the people who are complaining about the customer cars not being genuine have an excellent point, and some changes need to be made to prevent that from happening. However, I can't fault Aguri for taking advantage of the situation as it is, and I think it is really hilarious that they're kicking Honda's butt. Especially because I think Barrichello is a big baby.
2007-03-17 18:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by Ben 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's funny but not all that surprising. Super Aguri's controversial "Honda" chassis is the highest scoring one for the second half of last season. Their modifications must've improved it too. Honda came out with a brand new car though I would've gone with the old car for a few races while they fix up the new one.
Still, it's embarrassing for Honda to be out-qualified by their so-called "B" team. Lucky for them they finished the race ahead.
2007-03-19 12:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by Carlo Jose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really need to go to www.f1-live.com. Interesting article on there about how Spyker is protesting Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri for breaching the rules on customer chassis.
The whole idea in F1 is innovation. Each team was supposed to design it's own chassis. It was interesting to see how each team designs their own car to go faster. For Super Aguri and Toro Rosso to have chassis made for them and then be competitive takes away from that whole concept. And that's what Spyker and Williams are upset about and rightly so. They spend millions in research and development to get where they are, and then someone buys a chassis and is competitive right out of the box and haven't paid their dues in hours and millions to get there. Is it right?
You could go buy a McLaren chassis, throw a Ferrari or Renault engine in it, hire a couple decent drivers and be in the points!! And points are what it's about. That's the teams travel money from the FIA. And now some upstart team is taking that away in points from the ones who have been there and payed their dues.
2007-03-17 18:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by schumifan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend and I were just talking about this and laughing. It must be hugely embaressing for Honda.
2007-03-17 19:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by Rockford 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is true dat they beat both honda
2007-03-19 06:19:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋