September 22, 1995
Portuguese Grand Prix First Qualifying

Ukyo Katayama and Mika Salo set the 14th and the 16th times in today's first 
qualifying session for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Both drivers set their 
best time on the last flying lap with their third set of tyres. Ukyo's time 
was 1 min 24.631 sec and Mika's 1 min 24.942 sec.

Ukyo Katayama: "The balance of the car was slightly better today and I am 
feeling the fly-by-wire throttle better, but we need better traction. It was 
strange because if I push hard I lose time, but if I drive gently my times 
are better!"

Mika Salo: "I would like to thank my mechanics who changed my engine after 
this morning's practice and got the car ready for the start of qualifying. I 
am frustrated because I am slow and I don't know where I am losing so much 
time. I can't find any grip anywhere and the car is sliding all over the 
place. We must improve the balance of the car."

Harvey Postlethwaite, Managing Director  - Engineering: "With the tyres only 
lasting one lap, it was very important to put a good quick lap together. The 
track got quicker throughout the session. Ukyo managed to find a better 
balance than Mika today but we will need to find more speed tomorrow. I am 
glad that both drivers liked the Tyrrell fly-by-wire throttle."

Takaaki Kimura, Yamaha F1 Project Leader: "Mika complained of a strange 
noise this morning, possibly from the engine or from the clutch, so to be on 
the safe side we changed his engine before qualifying. Today we ran the C 
spec version of the OX10C which we will use tomorrow, when we hope for some 
improvement in qualifying positions."