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Super Aguri SA05 #23 Y. Ide F1 2006 Minichamps 1:43

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Super Aguri SA05 #23 Y. Ide F1 2006 Minichamps 1:43 400060023 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Super Aguri SA05 reproduces Yuji Ide's #23 car from Super Aguri's debut Formula 1 season in 2006, built on a lightly updated older chassis on an extremely tight budget. Compact diecast scale suits a 2000s grid display. A genuine curiosity for collectors following Formula 1's smaller Japanese backed efforts.
Super Aguri SA05 #23 Y. Ide F1 2006 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Super Aguri
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
400060023
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About the Super Aguri SA05 #23 Y. Ide F1 2006 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Super Aguri SA05 recreates Yuji Ide's #23 car from Super Aguri's debut Formula 1 season in 2006, built rapidly on an updated older chassis to meet the season's deadline. Compact diecast form preserves a genuinely underdog entry in Honda's satellite team story.

Super Aguri entered Formula 1 on an almost impossibly tight timeline, and the SA05's origins as an updated older chassis tell that story honestly rather than pretending otherwise.

Diecast Detail on a Rapidly Assembled Debut Car

The SA05's bodywork reflects its origins as a modified previous generation Arrows derived chassis, and Minichamps reproduces that slightly dated aerodynamic profile faithfully rather than smoothing it into something more contemporary looking. Super Aguri's livery, backed by Honda and built around simple, bold colour blocking, prints cleanly at 1:43, and the diecast construction gives the model genuine shelf stability despite its budget team origins.

A Debut Season Remembered for More Than the Car

Ide's rookie season became one of the more talked about storylines of 2006 for reasons beyond results, and the sport's governing body ultimately withdrew his competition licence partway through the year, an unusual and rarely repeated step. That controversy aside, Super Aguri's very existence as a satellite Honda backed team, built and entered on almost no notice, remains a genuinely unlikely underdog story in modern Formula 1 history. For a collector tracking the sport's smaller, shorter lived teams, this SA05 is a legitimate piece of that story.

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