New look Super Aguri hits track

The Japanese squad had both Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide at Silverstone today in order to shake down the two chassis that will be taken to the first three rounds of the season.

But bad weather, including some snow, meant the team were only able to run a handful of laps, to check all systems are working.

The shake down also allowed the team to unveil their car livery, which sported minimal colour over white background with red lining.

"We just did 3-4 laps to shake down the cars," the team's managing director Daniel Audetto told autosport.com.

"We ran the revised aero as well, it's the one we will use in Bahrain. All the bodywork has been revised, and we brought it up to meet the 2006 rules - since the car we ran in Barcelona was not 2006-legal.

"We did a good job today, and despite the weather I am pretty happy."