OCTOBER 30, 2002
Sato switches to McLaren
The MP4/5 won 10 Grands Prix in the 1989 season in the hands of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost and it was the car in which the two men collided at the Japanese GP that year.
Sato's future remains unclear for the moment as the Jordan team tries to work out how to finance its 2003 operations. It is expected that Eddie Irvine will be signed up and that this will bring renewed sponsorship from Benson & Hedges. The team has Giancarlo Fisichella under contract but he may be asked to take a cut in salary if the team cannot find the money it needs.