Audetto convinced Aguri set for win in '08

Super Aguri managing director Daniel Audetto believes that Takuma Sato's strong showing in the Canadian Grand Prix proves his team are on course for a maiden victory next year

Audetto was laughed at when he claimed over the winter that Super Aguri were targeting that first win in 2008.

But with Sato having finished sixth in Montreal, after overtaking Ralf Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, Audetto is full of confidence for the future.

"I am very happy because three points for us is a fantastic result," he told autosport.com. "Now finally people will believe what I said before: that next year we are going to win our first Grand Prix.

"The team we have are very professional and very motivated. They work in the same direction, with no politics, no bureaucracy and no bullshit. We have had a team principal that really understands our business and we have a really good driver line-up."

Audetto thinks the team still need to make improvements in their infrastructure and operational areas - especially in the pressure situation of races.

In Canada on Sunday, Sato lost time in one of his pitstops with a radio communication problem while the team were caught out when Anthony Davidson unexpectedly arrived in the pits after hitting a groundhog.

"We are not perfect yet, but don't forget we are a young team. We are a little bit more than one year old and what we are doing is, I think, in the spirit of the tradition of motorsport.

"We have a very good base and I have to really give my best compliments to the team the management and the drivers."