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Midland eyes Sato?

Takuma Sato's F1 racing career could be saved by the very team that gave him his debut -- Jordan. Although now owned by a different mob, Jordan - to be renamed 'Midland' for 2006 - has revealed talks with BAR-Honda's dumped Japanese driver. It's not a question of money he has to bring," team managing director Colin Kolles said in Brazil, "it's a question of the sponsorship we will be putting in place."

Kolles added that, for example, British cigarette brand Benson & Hedges is pushing hard for Anthony Davidson.

The Sao Paulo paddock, however, suggested that Sato and current Minardi pilot Christian Albers is a more likely Midland lineup. Signing Sato would likely have the moral backing of Midland's Japanese engine supplier Toyota, particularly as arch rival Honda is facing a backlash for letting Sato go. Toyota's formula one president John Howett also told Reuters: "If they take him, it's purely their decision."

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