Garland SF-01/SF-02

* SF-01 (2018)
* SF-02 (2019)

The Garland SF-01 and it's 2019 variant, the SF-02 were the first line of the Garland series of Cyber Formula vehicles built for the team Sugo Grand Prix.

## History

### Garland SF-01 (2018)

After Hayato Kazami’s withdrawal from Cyber Formula racing due to his crash at the 2017 England Grand Prix, Sugo Grand Prix looked for a replacement driver as well as machine that didn’t require Asurada’s driver registration system installed.

The result was the hiring of former Theodolite T.T. driver Henri Claytor (ironically the same person who contributed Kazami to crash) and the development of the Garland SF-01 by Claire Fortran. The SF-01 made it's debut at the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix, the first race that year. Ultimately, Bleed Kaga's Z/A-8 would win the race. After coming in the top six places in the first few races, the SF-01 would win it's first Grand Prix in the Italian Grand Prix.

When Kazami returned to racing, Claytor’s hatred of Kazami started to effect his results. During the Norway Grand Prix, Claytor attempted to ram into Kazami's AKF-11/A but due to Kazami being the Zero Realm, Claytor’s Garland struck the wall of the course and crashed. During the Africa Grand Prix, Claytor attempted to block Kazami but due to Naoki Shinjō also attempting to overtake Kazami, Both Claytor and Shinjō collided and thus retired from the race. During the Hong Kong Grand Prix, Claytor let Kazami overtake him so as to allow Kaga to knock him out of the race. Despite this, Claytor ultimately lost to Shinjō who used the Zero Realm to defeat him.

During the Japan Grand Prix, the SF-01 was overtaken by Kaga's Ex-Superion a few laps into the race. When the rain squall hit the ra nearly crashing due to the rain (ironically, his rival Kazami was an expert in rain conditions). This led to Kazami being ahead of Claytor when he left the pits. Following this, Claytor repeatedly blocked Prince Rosenkreuz (Randall)’s Issuxark 00-X1 and as a result, they collided, leaving Rosenkreuz out of the race and the Garland’s front lights damaged. Driving back to the pit and now a lap behind, Claytor attempted to retire from the race but was stopped by Sugo owner Osamu Sugo. Despite their rivalry, Kazami chose to help Claytor (and Sugo as a whole) win the 2018 season by getting him past Franz Heinel’s HG-162 and Edelhi Bootsvorz’s Missionel MS-1 (with the latter nearly colliding with Claytor’s Garland on the Tornado Bank).

Claytor’s hatred thus dissolved and in return for Kazami helping him, Claytor was able to distract Shinjō, allowing Kazami’s AKF-11/C to get past and with Claytor allowing him to slipstream behind him, Kazami challenged Kaga. While Claytor was overtaken by both Shinjō and Heinel, he still earned the points from Kazami’s 1st place finish and became the first and youngest French driver to win a Cyber Formula Championship.

### Garland SF-02

With a slightly improved engine, the Garland SF-02 made its debut as car No.1 in the 2019 season, it’s only race season. Despite Henri Claytor being the 2018 champion, he suffered a poor record in the 2019 season. With the introduction of the Stihl HG-165 in the middle of the season, Claytor’s chances of coming in the top three ranking for the season were finally finished. As a result of these issues, the Garland was to be redesigned for the 2020 season.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cyber Formula Machine Database - Garland SF-01
2. ↑ *Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO* - Episode 2
3. ↑ 13th Cyber Formula World Championship Results
4. ↑ *Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO* - Episode 4
5. ↑ *Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO* - Episode 5
6. ↑ *Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO* - Episode 6
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO* - Episode 8