Canadian Grand Prix
			   16th June 1996
			   
Both Marlboro McLaren Mercedes drivers finished the Canadian Grand Prix
in the top six, bringing five points to the team's championship tally.
David Coulthard drove steadily to fourth place whilst Mika Hakkinen
recovered from a mid-race spin to take the chequered flag in fifth
place.  The team used a one stop strategy which resulted in David and
Mika initially losing ground to the cars which had opted for a two
stops race and were therefore carrying less fuel.  The strategy
eventually paid off with David and Mika being able to overtake them
during their stops and to produce competitive performances in the
latter part of the race, as their own fuel load decreased.

Mika Hakkinen:  "I had a clean start, ending up in fourth place after a
very good and enjoyable battle with Gerhard Berger.  Unfortunately my
speed in the straight was not high enough for me to maintain that
position, and I lost out to both Jordans and one of the Benettons.
Then I came up to a back marker at the hairpin, locked the rear tyres
and lost the back end of the car.  I went in for tyres immediately
after that and ran competitively to fifth, scoring two points for the
team.

David Coulthard:  "It was good to get fourth place out of a bad
qualifying position.  The car ran well, especially as the fuel load
came down, which was all credit to the team and in particualr to the
mechanics who did a great job changing the engine after the warm-up.
We've had a few points finishes now and are showing that the team's
reliability is getting better."

Norbert Haug: "Getting five points is a good team effort, thanks to
both of our drivers.  We are increasing our reliability and, more
importantly, we are setting better lap times.  Mika and David were
approximately one second shy of Jacques Villeneuve's fastest lap.  We
now have to work even harder to close the gap to the dominating
Williams."

Ron Dennis:  "We had a reliable race with both cars.  The drivers
struggled with the initial high fuel load as a result of our one
pitstop strategy, but once the cars had become lighter our performance
significantly improved, giving us the ability to lap as fast as
everybody except the Williams.  All the teams have got a lot of work to
do to match their performance, but I hope we can achieve it before the
end of the year.  David did an excellent job.  Mika's performance was
also good apart from his indiscretion at the hairpin."