Old package off the pace of its rivals
Super Aguri drivers Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide have admitted that the team may not be up to speed in its F1 debut.
Although Sato got the deficit to the leaders down six seconds at Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday, the Japanese racer said: "In terms of performance, we need to work hard."
Moreover, Aguri`s initial 2006 car, based on a four-year-old Arrows, was not running race-legal bodywork. Revised aerodynamics that conform to the 2006 regulations will be tried at Silverstone next week.

Sato`s countryman and rookie team-mate Yuji Ide added at the Spanish test: "Hopefully I can do a better lap time at the races."

At the Barcelona venue on Thursday, Honda`s Jenson Button led the field of fifteen, also comprising Renault, McLaren Mercedes, Williams Cosworth, Toyota, Red Bull Ferrari and MF1 Toyota. BMW Sauber and Toro Rosso continued to lap at the soggy Imola circuit.

2005 runner-up Kimi Raikkonen agreed with reports that his shining silver team is finally starting to look good.

"I feel that we have improved a lot over the last few weeks, but we need to keep pushing as there is still work to be done."

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