Via FAX to "Racing Into The Future" from Avenue Communications,
PR agents for Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha.

For immediate release: 17 March 1995


Ukyo Kataynma, Mika Salo and the Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha team go to the 
opening race of the 1995 FIA Formula One Championship in Brazil confident 
they will be serious contenders this season.

After an extremely active winter, Harvey Postlethwaite and his technical 
team are confident the Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha 023 will be a top challenger 
for the forthcoming season. On the eve of his departure for Sao Paulo, 
Harvey Postlethwaite, Managing Director Technical, said: "From a 
technical point of view we are very proud to have our team title 
partnership with Nokia which makes very high quality technical products. 
We are also glad to most recently welcome Agip as our technical partner, 
supplying lubricants and fuel this season.

"The team has had an intensive programme this winter because we had to 
design, build and test the 023 car In a very short period of time," added 
Harvey. "The testing went well and we worked hard on reliability to make 
sure the car is a race finisher. The Interlagos circuit is quite 
challenging for the cars and the drivers because the temperature can be 
high, Yamaha has been engaged in intensive development of the new 3-litre 
engine and it is our intention to race the A specification version. I 
feel we have a good driver line-up with a strong technical package, and I 
am greatly looking torward to this first race.'

Mika Salo, preparing for his first race for the team, said: "I am 
delighted to have joined the Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha team for 1995. I think 
we have a very good chance this year because the 023 car has been quick 
and reliable in testing. I have never raced at Interlagos but I proved at 
Jerez and Estoril that I could learn new tracks quickly. The weather in 
Brazil is quite different to Finland! But I got used to the heat and 
humidity when I raced in Japan."

Ukyo Katoyama, in his third season with the team, is delighted to go back 
to Interlagos, a circuit which has good memories for him. "I scored the 
first points of my career in Formula 1 in Brazil last year when I 
finished fifth," said a smiling Ukyo. "The circuit is quite physically 
demanding because it turns anti-clockwise and it's hard on the neck. But 
the good news is that I am very fit and it will make a difference at the 
end of the race."

This first race is always hard on cars because the weather is normally 
very hot and the track is bumpy and dusty," said Mike. "We tend to run 
medium to high down force because of the infield section but you have to 
be careful to ensure that you have the maximum speed to be competitive
along the two straights, You need to have a car with good traction in the 
tight sections and good top speed. If it rains, it will be very 
challenging for the drivers because the new cars seem to be
quite difficult to handle in the wet."


Ukyo's lap of the circuit

"The first corner is difficult as we brake very hard from sixth gear to 
third and the track is slippery here. The back straight is a good place 
to overtake but the corner at the end is bumpy. The next right corner is 
technical because you cannot see the exit and it is not easy to find the 
apex. Then you enter the section with the Esses and good traction is 
crucial, especially in the last corner which will determine the speed on 
the long main straight in front of the pits, the best place to overtake."


The Brazilian Grand Prix is held on the 4.325 kms/2.688 miles Interlagos 
circuit in the suburbs of Sao Paulo. The 71 lap, 307.103 km/ 190.866 mile 
race will start at 13.00 local time and should last approximately an hour 
and a half.


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