San Marino Grand Prix
			  3rd - 5th May 1996

The Marlboro McLaren Mercedes team goes to Italy for the fifth round of
the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship greatly encouraged by David
Coulthard's superb drive to third place in a vintage Grand Prix of
Europe last weekend.  The upbeat atmosphere filling the Marlboro
McLaren Mercedes garage on Sunday evening was also strengthened by Mika
Hakkinen's strong showing in the early part of the race.

"The testing programme we have been carrying out is starting to pay
off," commented Ron Dennis, Managing Director of McLaren
International.  "There was a feeling in Germany that the team had
definitely turned a corner, with a significant improvement made in the
performance of both MP4/11 chassis and Mercedes FO110 engine."  We will
continue to work hard to confirm this trend in Italy."

Most Marlboro McLaren Mercedes personnel, as well as the cars,
travelled directly from the Nurburgring circuit to the Autodromo Enzo e
Dino Ferrari in Imola, a typical small Italian town east of of the
Appenine mountains, near Bologna.  The electric atmosphere created by
the tifosi, together with the Italian food and wine, makes this venue
particularly popular with the Formula One teams, who have been racing
there since 1981.

Until 1995, the 4.895km-long circuit was a high speed track, but its
character was totally transformed by the chicanes which were introduced
last year to slow the cards down.  The Imola ciruit remains
nevertheless faster than the Nurburgring and represents an extremely
challenging venue for both drivers and cars.

Further developments will feature on the Marlboro McLaren Mercedes
MP4/11 in Italy and the team expects to take another step forward as a
result.  Marlboro McLaren Mercedes will stay in Imola after the Grand
Prix to resume its test programme, with Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard
and Alain Prost all taking part.