Aguri confident of holding position

Super Aguri are confident that they can hold on to their eighth position in the constructors' championship until the end of the season.

The Leafield-based team, who only entered Formula One at the start of last season, have finished in the points twice this season to currently lie ahead of Honda Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso and Spyker in the standings.

And with the current high levels of reliability seen in the sport, Super Aguri's sporting director Graham Taylor is confident that their rivals will not be able to jump ahead of them unless there are some freak circumstances in the final five races.

"Statistically we should be able to and we all hope so," he said about keeping the eighth place position.

"The current formula necessitates total reliability and, as the number of cars finishing in Turkey showed, all the teams are committed to this.

"Therefore without extra-ordinary influences, points for the teams at our performance level are a rare commodity. However, as a young team we are developing all the time and finding speed along the way."

Taylor has also paid tribute to the input of drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson, who have made the most of the team's improved package this year.