For immediate release: 7 July 1995
Preview British Grand Prix
Home Grand Prix for Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha

The Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha team tested for two days (Thursday and Friday) at 
the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in preparation for the team s home Grand 
Prix of the season, the British Grand Prix on Sunday 16th of July.
The team tested at the Northamptonshire circuit with three Tyrrell-Yamaha 
023 cars and regular drivers Mika Salo and Ukyo Katayama. Mika set a best 
lap time of 1 min 31,2 sec and Ukyo s fastest lap was 1 min 31,6 sec.

Harvey Postlethwaite, Managing Director - Engineering commented: "The 
British Grand Prix marks the end of the first half of the season and we are 
looking forward to making a strong start to the second half."

"During these two days at Silverstone, we improved the performance of the 
rear of the car and it should make the 023 more competitive, easier to work 
with and to set-up for the drivers."

Harvey added: "Ukyo tested a Tyrrell prototype fly-by-wire throttle system 
and we had encouraging results. It is still a prototype but we should race 
with it before the end of the year. We also used several new sensing 
techniques pioneered by our electronics partner, Pi Research. We will have 
some small aerodynamic improvements on the car for the Silverstone race."

Mika Salo said: "For the first time this season, I will race on a circuit I 
know. It s the team s home Grand Prix so it makes this race special. The 
last couple of races were difficult but we had a good test at Silverstone 
these last two days and are making progress. I am looking forward to a good 
weekend."

Ukyo Katayama added: "The 1995 season has been frustrating so far. The team 
works very hard, I train very hard and we know results will come. After the 
disappointments of the French Grand Prix where I was pushed out of the track 
at the first corner, I am hoping for a much better weekend at Silverstone 
which is one of my favourite circuits."

Mike Gascoyne, Deputy Technical Director comments: "Silverstone is one of 
the best tracks of the season, with a good combination of medium to high 
speed corners, difficult slow speed sections and a good consistent surface. 
Like most circuits now we tend to run a lot of wing but you must ensure a 
good balance between downforce and straight line speed due to the relative 
high speed nature of the track compared to other circuits in Formula 1 
today."

The British Grand Prix will be held on the 5.057 kms / 3.142 miles 
Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire. The 61 lap, 308.477 kms / 191.718 
miles race will start at 14.00 hours local time on Sunday 16th of July and 
is expected to last around 1 hour 30 minutes.