Suzuki reveals plans for F1 team

01/11/2005
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Former F1 star, Aguri Suzuki, has revealed that he hopes to run a team - to be known as 'Super Aguri Formula One - in 2006, with engines supplied by Honda, which recently bought out BAR.

"We have cleared all the hurdles we had to clear up to this point," he told reporters in Tokyo this morning. "Obviously there is a huge amount of work left but we plan to be on the grid in 2006.

"We have the technical cooperation of Honda behind us so we are confident of achieving our dream of competing in Formula One," he added

Suzuki revealed that he has officially notified the FIA of his intention to enter a team, and also confirmed that he has held preliminary talks with Takuma Sato.

We are at a nice stage in talks with Takuma," said Suzuki. "I'd like to see him racing with a good team and he'll want that too. Our goal is to build a team he will want to drive for."

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Published: 01/11/2005
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