Star of the Race
Takuma Sato, Super Aguri 14th
Takuma Sato may have started the race in a four-year-old Arrows with a Honda strapped in the back,
but ten laps into the race he was in 15th place ahead of both Midland Cars and one of the Toro Rossos!
And this wasn't thanks to a first lap mellee that had reshuffled the order, this was on a track with two,
if not three, great places to overtake with fast corners that are a real test for an F1 car.
Sato's pace was fantastic for a team that has been thrown together at the last minute and Taku's drive was a superb reward
for all the staff at Leafield who have put in monumental hours to get the cars to the grid.
Such was the Japanese driver's pace that various pursuing Midland and Toro Rosso drivers failed to look in their rear view mirrors for cars
that were about to lap them. He may be wayward at times, but today Taku San, we salute you.
