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Exciting weekend coming up for Yamamoto

Sakon Yamamoto will make his Formula 1 Grand Prix debut on Friday at Jordan. The Japanese driver will be in action with the EJ15 in both Friday's free practice sessions at his home track Suzuka.

"I had two successful days of testing at Silverstone. I was very impressed as it was the first time I have driven a Formula One car. Everybody was wondering if I could drive a Formula One car and I believe I have proved it," said the confident Yamamoto. "During the two days, we had mixed weather conditions so it was good for me to try the car with wet tyres as it may rain at Suzuka. I have spent a lot of time testing different types of Bridgestone tyres for the Japanese Grand Prix and I am pretty confident that we have found a good type."

"I have really enjoyed this test and I would like to thank Jordan Grand Prix for giving me that opportunity. I know the circuit at Suzuka very well so this will be a little advantage. I am glad I could have an initial feeling about the car previous to my Friday drive. I will try to give a lot of useful information to the team for the race. I cannot wait to drive in front of my home crowd."

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