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Davidson: It's been valuable week at Sepang

Anthony Davidson joined the Super Aguri team in Malaysia this week. Davidson was suppose to test on the second and third day for the team but as the test got extended with another day he got more time on track in Malaysia.

On Friday Davidson and the team were able to analyse the two Bridgestone Potenza tyres available and continue with set-up, control systems and aero settings ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix next week.

Looking back at his two days of testing at the Sepang International Circuit Davidson said: "It was not a straight forward week for me. Sato had a good couple of days when the weather was fine and the general balance of the car was good. When I took over in the afternoon (Day 2) I was expecting a nice balance, but I couldn't get to grips with the set-up. We thought that we could work on it the following day but we had rain on and off which interrupted the test."

"During the dry running we were able to move the car in the right direction, but we just ran out of time. Today we completed half a day's running with the tyres and engine mileage we had left. I felt more confident in the car and the lap times were quite good, but even so we have a lot of work to do on the long run balance next Friday. The test here has been very valuable for me as it is a circuit that I did not know well and I have learnt a lot from our time here this week."

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