Takuma Sato, former Super Aguri driver and one of the candidates for a Toro Rosso race- seat next season, has become a father for the second time.

A statement on his website reads, “Takuma Sato is delighted to announce the birth of a baby girl at Princess Grace Hospital Centre in Monaco at 15:50 on 30 September 2008.

“The baby weighed 2740g (6lb), and both baby and mother are in good health.”

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