Sato: Engine-wrecker?

[NiceGuyEddie]

F1racing.net reports that BAR is mystified over the number of enginefailures Sato is enduring this season. Dave Richards seem to start thinking that there´s more than just plain bad luck to this, and perhaps he has a point. There certainly seems to be a patern at hand here. There is something structurally wrong with the engines in Satos´car. Well, the only real difference between Sato´s car and Buttons car is...the driver. So, Sato is a suspect. Could it be that Sato is wrecking the Honda? Could it be that his agressive style is just too hard on the engine?

If that is the case, why didn´t they discover this last year, when Sato laid done many, many testmiles? In 2002 Sato didn´t seem to harm more engines than whoever else. In Indy, Sato drove especially agressive, even for his doing, but the engine held through (and funnily enough, Button´s gearbox broke). In France the engine was done (again just after a pitstop) in about 15 or so laps, yet Magny Cours doesn´t seem to stretch the engines as much as Indy does (longer straight, more topspeed).

Fact is that nor the team, nor Honda seems to have an idea as to what is causing these failures, yet Honda will have done extensive research on the failed engine (as one must assume).

Is it time to poke an accusing finger at Sato yet?