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Super Aguri launches SA07 in Melbourne
14 March 2007 / PhotosSuper Aguri launched its new contender for the 2007 Formula One season in Melbourne this morning. Although there have been questions about the resemblance with the car Honda ran last year, the team doesn't doubt the SA07's legality.
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According to the team the SA07 is a result of the past eight months collaboration between the SAF1 Team Design Department lead by Chief Designer Peter McCool and Honda's R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan. The team's winter test program has allowed them to validate a number of design concepts and to test the increased reliability of the new power-train provided by Honda.
The new homologated Honda engine is a major step forward in power and reliability for the SAF1 Team. It will increase the team's performance and provide a competitive engine for this period of new rules and stability. A carbon gearbox is now part of the package from Honda which will allow more flexibility in weight distribution and increased integration, bringing with it the added benefits of reliability.
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One of the biggest challenges in the production of the SA07 most recently has been the FIA crash tests. Substantial changes had to be made to the nosebox design and presented the team's aerodynamicists with a hard task when it came to the rear central diffuser design. A great deal of time has been spent researching ways into which the team could minimise the effect that the rear impact structure had on rear downforce. The combination of aerodynamic efficiency driven by the V8 formula and the control Bridgestone Potenza tyres has resulted in efficient rear downforce being a key focus for 2007.
Winter testing has provided the SAF1 Team with a significant amount of data on the characteristics of the new Bridgestone Potenza tyres and this will ensure that the team approaches each race with more preparation than in 2006.
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