Honda says that Sato will race for Jordan
Jordan's engine supplier Honda has said that Japanese star-in-the-making Takuma Sato will race alongside Giancarlo Fisichella in the team's line-up next season
A Honda spokesman said today (Tuesday) that Sato's future will be announced at a news conference on Wednesday.
When quizzed if Sato, this year's British Formula 3 champion, will be announced as a Jordan-Honda driver, he said: "You may well expect him to do so."
Sato has been testing for British American Racing this year, but was up against Formula 3000 champion Justin Wilson for the seat.
He will become Japan's seventh ever full-time F1 Grand Prix driver, and its first since Tora Takagi drove for Arrows in 1999, and is regarded as one of the best young drivers to emerge from the land of the rising sun.
It means that Jean Alesi has lost his seat in Formula 1, and his racing options for next season appear to be limited.
For Sato's thoughts of what he expects from his first season of Grand Prix racing, click HERE.
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