The big question throughout the F1 world at the moment seems to be, will Super Aguri continue to race or not? The future of Super Aguri has been under question for some time, given the rules to be introduced just before the 2010 season about customer cars. But more recently there has been doubt over their more immediate future. Last weekend we saw them race in Spain but whether we will see them race in Turkey in 7 days time looks more and more unlikely. After the potential takeover deal with the Magma group fell through last month, the team have been desperately looking for a substitute deal. It appeared that they had found such a deal in the Weigl Group, a German automotive company. But this weekend has proved to be an eventful one for Super Aguri.

Yesterday while checking the news I found two headlines that caught my attention, both sounding positive about the possible Weigl deal. The first, found on Formula1.com, was ‘Super Aguri optimistic over new Weigl deal’. The second, found on autosport.com, was ‘Weigl optimistic of Honda support’. Do you see a pattern appearing here? Both parties seemed happy about the deal. Aguri Suzuki saying,

Such a partnership as the one proposed by Weigl Group will allow us to race for the foreseeable future and I am hoping that all parties will find the Group’s offer a realistic package. Aguri Suzuki

And Weigl CEO, Franz Josef Weigl saying,

I am very optimistic for the meeting, because I believe Honda see the same as me - that it is necessary to keep private teams in the Formula One business. Franz Josef Weigl

If only Nick Fry, Honda Racing's CEO, shared their optimism, he has made his feeling on the matter pretty clear saying,

It would appear unlikely that a company the size of Weigl is able to support a competitive Formula One team, unless of course there are other partners of which we have not been made aware. Nick Fry

Back in Barcelona last week Fry made it known that he did not want Super Aguri to continue to use the resources of the Honda F1 Team.

Our position is that Honda have given Super Aguri every available bit of support over and above what was anticipated. Nick Fry

Nick Fry has made his feelings even more clear today by apparently informing Formula One Management that Super Aguri would not be racing in Turkey. This has led to the Super Aguri’s trucks and motor home being refused access to the paddock. They are currently parked outside the track awaiting further information from the team management. It is apparently believed by Super Aguri that they have been barred from the paddock to avoid any embarrassment to Honda should the Weigl offer be rejected by Honda during the week. So will they or will they not race? Well with their cars still in Britain and spares trucks and motor home not able to get into the paddock it’s not looking good for the Oxfordshire based team. Their future is most definitely in the hands of Honda and The Weigl automotive company.