06-May-08: Super Aguri Withdraw From F1
Welcome to F1 Minute, it’s the 6th May 2008.
Apologies for the second Minute in a row about Super Aguri, but unfortunately it is most likely the last.
Today, they announced that the team are withdrawing from the championship, with immediate effect. Aguri Suzuki met with Honda to discuss the possible Weigl group deal but the outcome of the meeting today was bad news.
Suzuki announced the team’s departure from the sport, and blamed it on the non-payment of SS United from 2007, which put the financial position into immediate turmoil. He went on to thank the entire team including Davidson and Sato for always pushing hard and staying loyal.
Of the future, Suzuki said he was exhausted from the last few weeks of trying to save the team, and so he wasn’t planning a rush return to F1. And he left with a parting thought to the recent comments of Nick Fry.
“Honda were our backers and he’s not the CEO of Honda. I have no interest in Nick Fry whatsoever and have no idea what he was talking about.”
That’s all for today, please join me tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
Alenyaa on Wed, 7th May 2008 14:40
Oh bugger…
Really sad to see them go. Things looked so bright for them halway through last season.
I guess that make Williams and Force India the last privately run teams in F1.
I hope we’ll be hearing more from the drivers in the future…
Christine on Wed, 7th May 2008 18:27
It is a shame, and compounded by such a difficult exit as well. Not how you want to remember the team really, barely able to compete.
Still, as you say, we’ll be hearing from the drivers in the future no doubt.
Alenyaa on Wed, 7th May 2008 19:27
“Not how you want to remember the team”
Indeed not. They didn’t deserve it to end this way.