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Super Aguri Honda SA06 #22 T. Sato Japanese GP 2006 Minichamps 1:43

Super Aguri Honda SA06 #22 T. Sato Japanese GP 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
400060122
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About the Super Aguri Honda SA06 #22 T. Sato Japanese GP 2006 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Super Aguri Honda SA06 recreates Takuma Sato's #22 car from his home 2006 Japanese Grand Prix. Racing for a Honda backed Japanese team in front of his home crowd, this compact diecast captures a genuinely emotive weekend in the driver's career.

Few race weekends carry the emotional weight of a home Grand Prix, and Sato's SA06 outing at Suzuka for a Japanese team, backed by a Japanese manufacturer, ticked every one of those boxes at once.

A Home Grand Prix Livery in Compact Diecast

The SA06's Honda backed livery relies on clean red and white colour blocking, tampo printed here with sharp, accurate edges that hold up well even at 1:43. Super Aguri's second season chassis represented a genuine step forward from the hastily assembled SA05, and the diecast body reflects that more developed aerodynamic package with cleaner sidepod detailing than the team's debut car carried. Weight in hand gives the compact model real shelf stability alongside a wider 2006 grid collection.

A Genuinely Significant Home Race for Japanese Motorsport

Sato's presence in Formula 1 with a Japanese team and Honda power made his home Grand Prix appearances genuinely significant events for Japanese motorsport fans, a rare alignment of driver, team, and manufacturer nationality that most grids never see. That context gives this SA06 a resonance beyond its results sheet position. For a collector interested in the emotional, cultural side of Formula 1 rather than championship standings alone, this home race entry is one of the more meaningful cars from the 2006 season.

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