European Grand Prix Preview
Driving Decision for Ukyo on Wednesday

Ukyo Katayama is in good health at the Hospital de St Francisco Xavier in 
Lisbon after his spectacular accident at the start of the Portuguese Grand 
Prix on Sunday.

Tada Kuwabara, his manager and close friend said: "Ukyo is fine and in good 
spirits and should fly back to England tomorrow, Tuesday. He will be 
examined by Formula 1's Chief Doctor, Prof Sid Watkins on Wednesday and a 
decision will then be made for the European Grand Prix."

Harvey Postlethwaite, Managing Director - Engineering and the members of the 
Tyrrell team are pleased about Ukyo's rapid recovery. "We are delighted that 
Ukyo escaped his accident almost without injury", commented Harvey. "We are 
looking forward to his return to England and we hope he will drive next 
weekend.

"We know from the telemetry that the car was traveling at 220 km/h before 
the first impact. The car somersaulted several times but all the safety 
measures worked exactly as they should and the monocoque had almost no 
structural damage."

"The team will continue to look at the telemetry to see if there are any 
lessons that can be learned from a safety point", added Postlethwaite. 
"There are new head rest proposals for next year and the fact that in the 
amazingly severe accident the only injury that Ukyo sustained was a stiff 
neck, points to the fact that the additional head restraints that are coming 
into force next year look as if they would have been beneficial and provide 
an additional safety benefit."

Mika Salo said: "I am relieved that Ukyo is in good shape. I am looking 
forward to the European Grand Prix because I will be one of the few drivers 
who have raced there before - even if it is easy track to learn. The weather 
in Germany should be much cooler than in Portugal and that suits the 
performance of the 023."

Mike Gascoyne, Deputy Technical Director: "It is a little used circuit in 
the World Championship and hasn't hosted a Formula 1 race for then years. It 
is a high down force track with lots of corners following closely on each 
other. It will be very tiring for the drivers. It is very hard to predict 
lap times due not knowing the track surface. Outside temperatures at this 
time of the year will be very cool which again could cause the track to have 
quite low grip."

The European Grand Prix will be held on the new 4.542 kms / 2.822 miles 
Nurburgring circuit near Cologne. The 68 lap, 308.856 kms / 191.955 miles 
race will start at 14.00 hours local time on Sunday 1 October and is 
expected to last 1 hour 30 minutes.