AIDA, JAPAN - (Courtesy Marlboro Sports Data System)

                  GRAND PRIX WINNERS' PRESS CONFERENCE
                      Aida, Sunday April 17, 1994

1. M Schumacher (Benetton-Ford)
2. G Berger (Ferrari), 75.3 seconds behind
3. R Barrichello (Jordan-Hart), 1 lap behind

Q. Congratulations on two wins in two GPs, Michael. You obviously had
your car nicely set up ...

MS: This is a circuit where I don't believe you can overtake unless you
are much quicker [on the straight]. We couldn't find a good lap time
with low wing, so that's why we kept the downforce. We know that the
Williams drivers went for lower downforce, to make up for speed on the
straight. We looked in a different direction, and as you saw it paid
off.

Q. Do you think you could still have won if Senna had been racing?

MS: Williams is a strong competitor, but I don't think there was very
much difference between Senna and Hill this weekend. So I would say we
had a fair chance to win this race anyway, because we were quicker just
in qualifying configuration. We don't have any special engines or any
extra power for qualifying, and actually we were a bit unlucky yesterday
because we couldn't find any extra time on our second set of tyres. We
actually lost quite a lot. That was the reason why we couldn't try for
pole. But I like this situation of being 2nd in qualifying and 1st in
the race!

Q. Michael, how well did you start compared with Ayrton?

MS: I could see that I had passed him! The initial start was the same
for both of us, but then he probably got too much wheelspin while I
managed to get close enough to him to outbrake him into the first
corner. It was a fantastic feeling, especially after Brazil where my
start was not as good as I wanted to make it. This weekend I did some
practice starts, and this paid off. When I saw [in my mirror] what was
going on [at the first corner] I was worried that somebody might hit
Ayrton's car, which would have meant a re-start. But there were no red
flags ... so it was a nice feeling for me.

Q. Imola is a power circuit. Can you make it three?

MS: Like Ferrari, the Williams-Renaults have a power advantage over us
and I believe that Imola is the circuit where they will be able to show
their potential. We will be in Europe now, which gives us a chance to
do some testing and I think that Imola will be a lot more difficult for
us. I still think that over the whole season, unless they have failures,
the Williams is the car which has the best possibility of winning the
championship.

Q. Gerhard, apart from a battle with Damon, you had a lonely race ...

GB: Yes, it was long. But not far [behind me] there was always some
pressure from Brundle and Barrichello. For the first three-quarters of
the race I had always to push really hard because it was not easy. I had
to be very careful because my car is using the rear tyres more than the
other cars. When I was under pressure, I just pushed a bit to show them
that I could do it. But then I would slack off for two or three laps to
save tyres. I really did a lot of strategy in the race. The team did two
very good pitstops and it went perfect. The last third of the race was a
bit easier.

Q. You had handling problems at Interlagos. Did you have them here?

GB: I did have big handling problems. Our car is very difficult to drive
and I found the set up here that got the best from the car as it is
right now. But still the car is not quick enough. To fight with Michael
or the Williams is just impossible.

Q. Will you have modifications for Imola?

GB: We need them because we are not really moving forward. But on the
other side I am really happy because the team is working hard. There
is a lot of pressure on us because we want to be further ahead than we
are at the moment. So the result helps us a lot to give the people ...
extra motivation. We start Tuesday testing in Italy, so I am jumping in
the plane now with the engineers. We will be testing all week. If we can
come home with a result like this, at least it gives the people some
motivation and some hope.

Q. What is the basic problem with the car?

RB: If I knew what it was, I could fix it! It is not aerodynamic, but I
don't want to say too much about it. We have a problem in the rear end.
In low speed corners we don't get any grip in the rear end, whatever we
do. We know this from when we started to test the car, but we couldn't
do anything about it.

GB: We need them because we are not really moving forward. But on the
other side I am really happy because the team is working hard. There
is a lot of pressure on us because we want to be further ahead than we
are at the moment. So the result helps us a lot to give the people ...
extra motivation. We start Tuesday testing in Italy, so I am jumping in
the plane now with the engineers. We will be testing all week. If we can
come home with a result like this, at least it gives the people some
motivation and some hope.

Q. What is the basic problem with the car?

GB: If I knew what it was, I could fix it! It is not aerodynamic, but I
don't want to say too much about it. We have a problem in the rear end.
In low speed corners we don't get any grip in the rear end, whatever we
do. We know this from when we started to test the car, but we couldn't
do anything about it.

Q. Rubens, you started on the harder 'B' compound. Why?

RB: Well, this morning the difference between the 'C' compound and
the 'B' was only 0.3 second -- with the 'C' quicker. But the car was
getting away from me [with the 'C'], so that was not the right choice.
In qualifying I had kept two brand new sets [of the 'B'], to see what
they were like. We decided to go for the 'B' tyres and then leave it
until the last 20 laps before going to the 'C's.' And it worked out
alright.

Q. Were you a bit disappointed not to have beaten Gerhard?

RB: We were together at the beginning of the race, but then I lost a bit
of time fighting with Brundle. We did a good [first] pit stop and I was
running well, but then when I came into the pits for the second stop
and pressed the 'neutral' button [on the gearbox], the engine died. I
couldn't do anything! When I [got back into the race and] saw that I was
4th, I could have cried. I thought there was no way [to get back] after
falling from 2nd place to 4th. But when I saw that I was 3rd again, I
was just trying to finish the race. I had a small gearbox problem, so I
decided to settle down and just finish the race.