Tyrrell Ford - 1998

Drivers T Takagi R Rosset

Tyres

Tyrrell - facts, figures, drivers

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Location: LONDON

Following are facts and figures about the Tyrrell team ahead of the 1998 Formula One season:

Formula One record:

Starts - 416

Poles - 14

Wins - 23

Constructors' titles - 2

1997 season - 10th with two points

History: 1960 - Tyrrell Racing established by Ken Tyrrell.

1968 - Formula One debut, winning first race at Dutch grand prix.

1969 - Jackie Stewart wins world drivers' championship in Matra car.

1971 - Stewart, driving the new Tyrell-Ford, wins second drivers' title.

1973 - Stewart captures drivers' crown for the third time.

1983 - In Detroit Michele Alboreto wins Tyrrell's last Formula One victory to date.

1997 - British American Racing purchases team. Ken Tyrrell quits in early 1998.

Prospects for the 1998 season -

Tyrrell 026 powered by version of Ford V-10 used by Stewart last season, Goodyear tyres.

Final year under the Tyrrell name for this famous team before it re-casts next year under the banner of British American Racing. Success has proved elusive for 15 years and this season is unlikely to see the cash-strapped 30-year-old outfit shrug off its tag of also-rans. Drivers Ricardo Rosset of Brazil and Japan's Toro Takagi lack experience, while the Ford engine proved its lack of reliability at Stewart last season.

Drivers:

Toro Takagi - Aged 24, Japanese. Former test driver nicknamed 'Tiger' with no previous Formula One experience. Very much an unknown quantity, but has impressed with surprisingly quick times in testing. Has shown an unfortunate habit of crashing.

Ricardo Rosset - Aged 29, Brazilian. Races: 16, wins 0, poles 0. Like Takagi, a paying driver. Made his only Formula One appearance last year for the Lola team in Melbourne, and the sabbatical is unlikely to have done him much good. Best performances came in 1996 when he finished seventh in both Brazil and Portugal.

News

18 March 1998

• Motor racing-McLaren set pace in testing

8 March 1998

• Result of Australian Grand Prix
• Tyrrell Australian GP race press release
• Sunday's practice times

7 March 1998

• Driver's comments after Saturday's qualifying
• Tyrrell Australian GP qualifying press release
• Takagi satisfied with first qualifying.
• Revised Australian Grand Prix qualifying times
• Australian Grand Prix qualifying times

6 March 1998

• Tyrrell Australian GP practice press release
• Australian Grand Prix practice session times

5 March 1998

• Rosset's appointment was a political move.

2 March 1998

• Odds for 1998 grand prix season

1 March 1998

• Two drivers to debut at Melbourne.

28 February 1998

• What to expect in 1998

26 February 1998

• Best times at Barcelona last week - overall

21 February 1998

• Tribute to Ken Tyrrell at Melbourne
• Pollock's oppinion on Tyrrell's resignation

20 February 1998

• Tyrrell resigns from own F1 team

19 February 1998

• Takagi impress again.

18 February 1998

• Barcelona test report for Tuesday
• Ken Tyrrell to leave team
• BAR's difficulties in changing name

16 February 1998

• Rosset's first test with Tyrrell 026

14 February 1998

• Coulthard quickest in testing

13 February 1998

• Testing times for Thursday
• Mika Hakkinen breaks lap record again

11 February 1998

• Tyrrell fastest in Barcelona

10 February 1998

• Rosset joins Tyrrell
• Rosset confirmed as Tyrrell's second driver

21 January 1998

• Tyrrell launched their 1998 contender
• New Tyrrell-Ford 026 and new regulations
• Four major technical challenges of the Tyrrell-Ford 026
• Tyrrell's additional sposorship announcement