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

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Super Aguri SA05 Honda #22 T. Sato 1st GP Bahrain 2006 Minichamps 1:43 518064322 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Super Aguri SA05 #22 reproduces Takuma Sato's car from Super Aguri's debut Grand Prix in Bahrain, 2006. A compact-scale record of a genuinely independent Formula 1 team's first race, built by a manufacturer known specifically for motorsport livery accuracy.
Super Aguri SA05 Honda #22 T. Sato 1st GP Bahrain 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
518064322
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About the Super Aguri SA05 Honda #22 T. Sato 1st GP Bahrain 2006 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces the Super Aguri SA05 #22, Takuma Sato's car from the team's first Grand Prix entry at Bahrain in 2006. Compact 1:43 diecast build suits a subject better collected in breadth than as a single hero piece, tracing one of Formula 1's shortest-lived independent constructors.

Super Aguri's entire Formula 1 story ran barely two and a half seasons, which makes its debut car a genuinely scarce subject for any diecast collection.

Why 1:43 Suits This Kind of Livery

At this smaller scale, Minichamps' diecast focuses on getting the overall livery and proportions right rather than chasing the panel-level detail a 1:18 build allows, and for a subject like this that trade-off makes sense. The SA05's bodywork, based on older Arrows-derived technology, is reproduced with clean, correct sponsor graphics and Honda-backed branding, and the smaller footprint means a whole grid of period liveries can sit on one shelf without the space demands of larger-scale cars. Sato's number 22 reads clearly even at this size, and the diecast shell gives the model a satisfying density that plastic alternatives at the same scale cannot match.

An Independent Team's Opening Race

Founded by former driver Aguri Suzuki with Honda backing, Super Aguri entered Formula 1 as a genuine underdog, and its Bahrain debut in 2006 marked the start of a short but scrappy existence on the grid before the team folded partway through 2008. Sato scoring a point later that same season made the effort briefly newsworthy, and this debut-round livery captures the team at its most hopeful. For anyone building a shelf of Formula 1's smaller, independent constructors, a subject this specific rarely gets reproduced twice.

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