Fry: Aguri happy ending not guaranteed.

Nick Fry has warned that Super Aguri's Formula 1 survival is far from a racing certainty, as the beleagured Japanese minnows still have no firm indication of whether or not they will be able to compete in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

The Leafield-based outfit was plunged into deepening financial crisis when proposed backer the Magma Group pulled out of the deal to purchase a controlling stake in the team at the eleventh hour last week, after primary investors Dubai International Capital got cold feet over the amount of funding which would be necessary in order to keep the squad afloat. DIC is also believed to have expressed disquiet over the ongoing lack of a new commercial agreement for the sport, as well as the fact that teams must design and build their own chassis' as of 2010, effectively banning the customer car option.

Though both Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson have taken to the track for practice around Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya today, time is fast running out for Super Aguri and Fry insisted Honda could not support its customer-engined concern forever.

"It was never Honda's intention to fully fund two Formula 1 teams," the Honda CEO affirmed, speaking to international news agency Reuters. "Honda have been incredibly supportive over the last two years of Super Aguri, but they do need to find funding of their own.

"We have been engaged almost full-time in the last few weeks trying to find a solution and I hope that it's going to be a happy ending to the story, but at this stage that certainly can't be guaranteed."

Super Aguri shipped their cars and equipment to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix, but there is no indication as to how much of the weekend they will participate in. Any team which misses a race during the course of the campaign forfeits a number of privileges, including valuable television money.