Takuma Sato reaches his first quarter-century on Monday 28 January.  Although less advanced in years and experience than most of the drivers who will line up on the grid this season, he's by no means the youngest gun, as Jenson Button, Nick Heidfeld, Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen and Enrique Bernoldi are all even younger than Takuma.

Takuma has not yet had a chance to celebrate his 25th birthday as he is en route to Barcelona, where he will meet members of the Jordan Honda team who are there preparing for a four-day test which begins tomorrow at the Circuit de Catalunya.