
Super Aguri SA05 Honda #22 T. Sato 1st GP Bahrain 2006 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Super Aguri
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 518064322
- Year
- 2006
- 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
- 4012138080072
About the Super Aguri SA05 Honda #22 T. Sato 1st GP Bahrain 2006 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Super Aguri SA05 reproduces Takuma Sato's #22 car from the team's debut Grand Prix in Bahrain, 2006. A Honda-backed, Japanese-founded outfit with a brief but distinctive Formula 1 history, captured here in compact-scale diecast detail.
Not every Formula 1 team gets a long run at the top, and Super Aguri's story is one of ambition on a modest budget, starting right here with its very first race weekend.
Super Aguri's Debut Grand Prix in Bahrain
Founded by former driver Aguri Suzuki with backing tied to Honda, Super Aguri entered Formula 1 in 2006 as a distinctly Japanese-flavored project, built around Takuma Sato's return to the grid after his time at BAR. The team's 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix marked its first appearance in the sport, a modest start for an outfit assembled on a fraction of the budget its rivals commanded. Super Aguri would go on to compete for a few more seasons before financial pressures ended the project, but that first Bahrain weekend remains the starting point of its entire, brief Formula 1 story.
Compact-Scale Detail on a Short-Lived Team
At 1:43, Minichamps renders the SA05's Honda-derived aerodynamic package and Sato's #22 livery with the same graphics precision the manufacturer applies to its larger-scale F1 range, just at a footprint that suits a broader season-by-season collection rather than a single hero piece. The smaller scale makes sense for a team with such a short competitive history, letting a collector cover its entire run without dedicating shelf space a bigger subject would demand. For anyone tracking Japanese drivers or short-lived F1 constructors, this SA05 documents a genuinely unusual chapter of the sport's mid-2000s grid.












