Jordan's spare car engineer Dominic Harlow had a very rapid change of job description today in Barcelona.  An urgent phone call from England sent Sato's race engineer, James Key, scampering off to the airport and a flight to England as his wife has gone into labour a week ahead of schedule.  "It had been planned for Austria," said a surprised Harlow, who suddenly found himself elevated to the role of Taku's race engineer, just in time for qualifying.

27 year old Harlow has engineered drivers at test sessions in the past, but this is the first time he steps up to the plate for the main event.  "Engineering during a qualifying session is very different to testing, as you only have one hour to play with.  You have to be more focussed, as you just want the car to go quickly over a single lap, whereas in testing, you have more time and you are looking at a far wider range of parameters."

After a brief but reassuring twenty minutes with Key and Harlow was on his own.  "Yes, I was a bit nervous ," he admitted, but I was in a reasonably calm state of mind.  Taku has been very good about it and very easy to work with, as he has been ever since joining the team.  I've done the hardest part of my particular job, as there is less to do in a race than in qualifying.  But to be honest, James did most of the work before he went home, sorting out the car's set-up.  Now, I'm just looking forward to the race and hope it's a good one."

Stay tuned for news of the Key baby!