What a drive, lovely overtake of Alonso and..... put's the rest of the Hondas to shame. Even Davidsons Super Aguri finished in front of Barrichello. Sme serious questions need to be asked by Honda
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What a drive, lovely overtake of Alonso and..... put's the rest of the Hondas to shame. Even Davidsons Super Aguri finished in front of Barrichello. Sme serious questions need to be asked by Honda
It was a brilliant drive by Sato towards the end. The Honda engine clearly has got some grunt and he made short work of Fernando Alonso and Ralf Schumacher, despite being in a year old car.
Yes Congrats.
The image of those two Super Aguri Fans as he overtook alonso were priceless!
Indeed. Even granted that he had the better car (!!) and tyres underneath him at that point, most drivers would have been content to sit behind Ralf, let alone going for & getting FA after passing Ralf.
Completely deserved those points for that alone.
He deserved this after all the stick he has got over the years. :up:
great drive, some great overtakes and getting some positive attention these days too, god stuff Taku :up: seems to me he's managed to lose the erraticness and accident prone side to his driving, but kept the speed and agression, which is no mean feat
Well done, indeed. Passing a Mclaren with a year and a half-old team? I don't ever remember dear old Minardi doing that!
Great overtake there, wasn't it?! I loved it!
Sato's got the balls and today he also had the car.
That was fun to watch.
:)
Thumbs up to Taku for his superb effort, showing his speed after building up his unfortunate reputation of a destructive car breaker. My driver of the day no doubt.
Nice drive of Taku. Something to celebrate (again) :lips:
That move on Alonso was priceless. One of the funniest moments I've seen in F1...
Awesome.
I wonder what went through Alonso's head at that moment - in Spanish ! :p :
:rotflmao:
Even though I support the two McLaren drivers, I found myself cheering when Taku passed Alonso!! It was great to see, another crazy moment in a crazy race!!! Well done to Taku, he is driving superbly this season and Super Aguri are doing a fantastic job!
Takuma has already clearly exceeded his 2005 points score! :up: :p : ;)
Safety car sessions created a mess, but Sato also deserved a good result as he was more or less visible for the whole race. Drove 9th during the first stint. Then during the second stint ran in 6th ahead of Räikkönen and the Finn was in real trouble in keeping Taku's pace! And then some great and aggressive racing during the last stint.
Absolutely brilliant :D :D :D
I was leaping out of my chair when he got past Alonso. I've always liked Taku, and I knew if he just controlled his aggression a bit more he could be a top flight F1 driver... today he proved me right :D
GO TAKU :ninja:
Better not post it here! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
his move on Alonso was absolutely brilliant :up:
What a fantastic pass! Was probably the best part of a very exciting race for me. He looks to have improved enormously this season. I hope he wins a race sometime! Could a mod please delete my other thread?
In 2004, some posters on Honda-oriented sites like VTEC.net were speculating about Sato could score the first Honda win. Then thing backed up on him in 2005 and the combination of pressure and a poor car led to an awful season - by the time the car got better, Sato was a basket case. Good for him for finding his was back and regaining his own balance.
ClarkFan
P.S. And how many ritual corporate suicides are there going to be among the design team for the Honda RA107? No one at Honda can be happy about getting thumped by the 2006 design. :s
Great job from TS :up:
I find it interesting that FA has been passed on the outside twice this season (Heidfeld and Sato). A couple years ago FA was hailed at these forums for passing MS on the outside at Suzuka. I would like to read those same posters now ;) :p :
Well done Taku - I think this guy is not finished for the season and is set to make some guys look very ordinary with his second hand Honda. :p :
Brillian drive indeed Taku - he had me worried that his attempt on FA would amount to yet another Safety Car but it didn't....phew :)
that was a great overtaking move my Tako.. I loved those 2 Super Aguri fans in the stands.. hilarious to watch.. they even had a slow mo replay.. my god they have to put the pass and the 2 fans on youtube!
classic move by Taku. Very embarassing moment for Alonso and again fantastic that Super Aguri, yes that team that had Yuji Ide racing last year, is scoring points this season and outclassing the "number 1" team in Honda.
It's amazing that he was deservedly F1rejects.com "Reject of the Year" for 2005. The drives he's been putting in this year have are impressive and they seem to get better. At this rate, he could steal a podium by the end of the year.
Que? :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
I know what came out of my mouth in any language - riotous laughter (since the wife is a FA fan and I'm not really)Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Emi2VOBCFJcQuote:
Originally Posted by raikk
that’s what i like about Sato, for all the condescending "crashanese" garbage that folk say about him, he is at least guaranteed to knock your socks off once or twice every season.
plently of drivers in the field who dont even do that much.
That pass on Alonso proved to me Taku is a real racer! Well done!
I think that Taku is a reformed driver and he has already impressed, in his second hand Honda, in every race this year. I give the guy credit where he deserves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mifune
Taku drove a great race. However, was I the only person that noticed that he pitted before the pits were open on the final safety car period. I may have got my timings wrong in such a bizarre race but am almost certain he did the same as Rosberg and Alonso had done earlier.
Yep. It looked the same to me too. But maybe he entered the pitlane before the SC was officially deployed? I remember that right after the start of the SC period camera showed Sato, who already was in the pits and mechanics were working.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwboogityfan
Great overtaking manouvre!
Not the first time he's defeated a proven WDC!
He overtook Schumi in Suzuka in 2004, IIRC!
Oh, how the tables have turned. In the close season, anyone who predicted Taku would have the upper hand over Davidson was immediately added to your ignore list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
Mierdaaaa!!Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Takuma Sato was great today. I wonder what happened to that poster who last year insisted that Anthony was going to beat Sato this year? That claim was a joke...
I was absolutely SHOUTING at my TV when Sato made his EPIC pass of the reigning world champion. I think my neighbors called the police.
What an incredible race .