Ide out, Montagny in at Super Aguri

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2006

NURBURG, Germany (AFP) — Super Aguri F1 announced that Japanese driver Yuji Ide has been dropped for this weekend's European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in Germany.

Team boss Aguri Suzuki made the decision after the sport's governing body, the Federation Internationale l'Automobile (FIA), advised him that Ide, 31, needed to gain more experience in a Formula One car before racing again.

Suzuki, himself a former racer, said on Thursday: "We accept the advice offered by the FIA to allow Yuji to accrue the mileage he requires to improve in Formula One during our testing days only.

"The team has made every effort to ensure that Yuji settled into his new F1 surroundings and I think that he has coped incredibly well under the circumstances.

"I wish that I...