
Super Aguri Honda SA07 #22 T. Sato Race Car 2007 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Super Aguri
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 518074322
- Year
- 2007
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- Formula Models
- Vehicle Class
- Formula 1 Models
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138080096
About the Super Aguri Honda SA07 #22 T. Sato Race Car 2007 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Super Aguri Honda SA07 reproduces Takuma Sato's #22 car from the 2007 Formula 1 season, the underfunded Japanese-backed team that regularly outperformed its budget against far larger factory-supported rivals that year.
Small teams rarely get remembered fondly in Formula 1, but Super Aguri's brief run earned a genuine following for punching well above its resources.
A Small Team's Standout Season
Super Aguri entered Formula 1 as a Japanese-backed team with close ties to Honda, running modified prior-year chassis technology on a fraction of the budget available to established factory operations. Takuma Sato drove the SA07 in the 2007 season, and the team's competitiveness that year, including moments where it outran considerably better-funded rivals, made it a fan favorite despite its position at the smaller end of the grid financially. The team's story ended not long after, when funding difficulties forced its withdrawal partway through the following season, but 2007 remains the year most closely associated with Super Aguri actually delivering on-track results that surprised the paddock.
A Small-Team Livery in Minichamps' F1 Catalog
Minichamps' Formula 1 range covers far more than the sport's dominant teams, and a Super Aguri livery like this one gives collectors access to a genuinely different kind of F1 story, resourcefulness against long odds rather than factory dominance. At 1:43, the SA07 fits naturally into a broader 2007-season grid collection, and the livery's sponsor and number treatment mark it clearly as a specific, dated entry rather than a generic backmarker tribute.
An Underdog Worth Remembering
This SA07 rewards collectors who value effort and story over championship results, a genuinely different kind of Formula 1 subject.












