Testing time for Formula One debutants

THE new Super Aguri team suffered a difficult start to life in Formula One when their debut test was cut short at Barcelona yesterday.

The Honda-powered team has been set up to keep Takuma Sato in Formula One and the Japanese driver was duly handed the honour of conducting the first test.

Things got off to a worrying start though when the car, based on a four-year-old ex-Arrows chassis, stopped on the circuit after just three laps due to a hydraulic problem.