Interested in buying a used F1 car? Step this way…

Ever wanted to own part of an F1 team? Now you can. Super Aguri’s assets, including one if its cars, will go up for sale at the end of this month. Auctioneers SHM Smith Hodgkinson have been instructed by administrators to sell the defunct team’s assets between July 29-31.

Interested bidders can view all the lots, located at SAF1’s UK base in Langley, Oxfordshire, then between Tues 29th and Thurs 31st July they are able to register and place bids online via the SHM Smith Hodgkinson website.

The lots include one SA06 F1 car, transporter vehicles, and a Super Aguri sign. As much as we’d love to buy the race car and drive it around the M25 (75mph in the middle lane, baby), the humble sign is probably more within our budget.

Ex-Super Aguri driver needs new home. Can Renault help?

After the collapse of Super Aguri, Takuma Sato is without a team for the remainder of the season. That’s a shame, because Sato is one of the most exciting and enigmatic drivers in F1. Yes, he’s inconsistent, but he can be as fast as anyone, given the right machinery.

Rumours doing the rounds at Istanbul last weekend suggested that Taku might replace Rubens Barrichello at Honda in 2009. It’s a credible rumour, given that Super Aguri were powered by Honda, and also that Sato is, like Honda, Japanese.

The stories that qualified on pole today

Ferrari has decided not to debut its innovative new “nose with the hole” (pictured above) at the Turkish GP this weekend. Istanbul is a low-downforce track, so despite the nose’s success in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya last month, we’ll have to wait to see how it fares in a real race. [Autosport]

Marco Andretti fastest in first practice session for this weekend’s Indy 500 – in an Indiana Jones-themed car. Indytastic. [IndyCar]

Honda’s chief executive won’t be sad to see back of Suzuki’s team

Nick Fry (above left, with Jenson Button) never hid his scepticism towards Super Aguri. He said at the Spanish GP:

“Honda have given Super Aguri every available bit of support over and above what was anticipated… We tried to help as much as possible and Honda never intended to fund two F1 teams. We’ve gone way beyond what was ever originally anticipated. Now Aguri [Suzuki, the team’s owner] has got to find some money.”

F1 also-rans call it a day

We knew things were bad when Super Aguri sent driver Anthony Davidson out on a tandem. Now comes the news that the under-powered, under-financed team has withdrawn from F1 with immediate effect; an 11th-hour rescue package by German auto company Weigl Group was not enough to keep them racing at the back of the grid.

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NFL star Randy Moss (pictured) plans to start his own Nascar Craftsman Truck team in 2009. At the moment he lacks a manufacturer, a driver and a sponsor. Apart from that, he’s good to go. [Jalopnik]

Herr Max Mosley has failed in his bid to prevent the French enjoying his “Nazi orgy” sex video. Merde! [ITV]

DC fined, then told to “shut up” by Super Aguri backmarker

The broad-chinned Scot is having something of a season horribilis, so far at least. He has yet to score a single point in four grands prix for Red Bull, prompting many people to say “You’re a bit crap these days, hang up your racing gloves”, or words to that effect. He looks especially bad when team-mate Mark Webber is going round and round considerably faster than him.

On top of that, he has just been told to “shut up” by fellow Brit Anthony Davidson, who drives for Super Aguri. DC complained about the Honda-powered strugglers this week, calling them “Stupid Aguri” (clever, Dave, like your work).

Troubled Japanese team not certain to line up on grid this weekend

Despite sending a full team to Barcelona, Super Aguri have not yet decided if they will run in Sunday’s Spanish GP. The future of the Japanese team is in doubt after potential investors pulled out last week. Britain’s Magma Group were expected to buy-out Aguri Suzuki’s team of no-good backmarkers at the end of March, with the financial assistance of Dubai International Capital. But DIC reportedly has cold feet – its head has been turned instead by the shiny red cash machine that is Liverpool Football Club.