15 Quotes by Takuma Sato

Monza is a very unique circuit and easily the fastest in the F1 calendar in terms of speed. The Italian Grand Prix weekend has traditionally seen lots of exciting racing so we can hope to see more of that. We've had a strong test during our two days at Monza last week so we are looking forward to challenging in the race at the weekend.

I was going to challenge him into turn one but, to me, it looked like he braked so early. I reacted and hit the brakes, but simply locked up the front wheels and contacted the back of his car. Basically, I couldn't decelerate like I wanted to, so it looked quite big.

I'd like to see him racing with a good team and he'll want that too. Our goal is to build a team he will want to drive for.

Hopefully we can have a really strong race tomorrow.

Our qualifying positions cost us the result, ... but we tried a very different strategy today to try to make up some places.

I think it will be tough at the beginning, but I want to perform better step by step.

We know that there is a lot of hard work to do, but we are up for the challenge and I am really looking forward to it.

With cold tyres and brakes, it was very difficult to stop the car and unfortunately, I touched the back of him, ... Obviously, I am disappointed that we could not deliver a good result today.

We've had a strong test during our two days at Monza last week, ... so we are looking forward to challenging in the race this weekend.