INDIANAPOLIS -- Takuma Sato's jinx struck again on Friday, as he was bundled out of practice for the U.S. Grand Prix after a collision with Brazil's Felipe Massa.
The Japanese driver has seen his hopes extinguished at four of the last five races by a blown engine in his BAR Honda machine and is entrenched in ninth place in the world championship table.
He has meanwhile had to watch his teammate, Jenson Button, in an identical car, move up to third place with 44 points.