Tyrrell 023

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**Tyrrell 023**

Category	Formula One
Constructor	Tyrrell
Team/s	Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha
Designer	Harvey Postlethwaite
Drivers	3. Ukyo Katayama & Gabriele Tarquini 4. Mika Salo
Chassis	carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure
Suspension (front)	Tyrrell Hydrolink
Suspension (rear)	Tyrrell Hydrolink
Engine	Yamaha OX10C 72-degree V10
Gearbox	Tyrrell six-speed transverse
Fuel	Agip
Tyres	Goodyear
Debut	1995 Brazilian Grand Prix
Races competed	17
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

The Tyrrell 023 was the car with which the Tyrrell team competed in the 1995 Formula One season. It was driven by Ukyo Katayama and Mika Salo, who were in their third and first seasons with the team respectively. Test driver Gabriele Tarquini stood in for Katayama at the Nürburgring after the Japanese was injured in an acrobatic startline crash at Estoril.

The car featured a new hydraulic-controlled front suspension system, which the team tested a huge amount before the season.

The team used a 3-litre version of the Yamaha V10 raced the previous year.

The team retained all its 1994 backers including Mild Seven, BP, Fondmetal, Calbee, Club Angle and Zent. This was partly helped by the fact that Mika Salo brought $3.5 million with him to the team.^[1]

After an impressive 1994 showing with the simple but effective 022, 1995 was a huge disappointment for the team. The chassis proved to be very mediocre, and the team's innovative "Hydrolink" suspension was rendered ineffective due to its deficiencies, eventually being removed at mid-season.^[2]

Salo was impressive in his first full season of F1, scoring all of the team's total of five points. He could have done even better, holding third place at the season-opening Brazilian GP before spinning back to seventh due to cramp. He was also set for points at the next race, but was taken out by backmarker Aguri Suzuki. As such, the Finn had to wait until the second half of the season to score his first points.

Katayama, on the other hand, proved to be very disappointing after a promising effort in 1994. He was disadvantaged by the new high cockpit sides as a short driver, but was still outclassed by his inexperienced team-mate. After his retirement in 1997, the Japanese revealed that he had suffered a cancer on his back, which, although not harmful, had an adverse effect on his competitiveness.^[3]

The team eventually finished ninth in the Constructors' Championship, with five points, behind Footwork due to the latter's third-place finish at Adelaide.

[edit] Complete Formula One Results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
1995	Tyrrell	Yamaha V10	G		BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	5	9th
				Ukyo Katayama	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	NC	DNS		14	Ret	Ret
				Gabriele Tarquini														14
				Mika Salo	7	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	15	8	Ret	Ret	8	5	13	10	12	6	5

[edit] References

Henry, Alan (ed.) (1995). AUTOCOURSE 1995-96. Hazleton Publishing, pp. 46-47. ISBN 1-874557-36-5.

^ Tyrrell unveils 1995 package. GrandPrix article, retrieved March 17, 2007.
^ "Tyrrell tests exciting new suspension" GrandPrix. Retrieved 17 March 2007
^ The Rising Son: Ukyo Katayama's 1994. F1 Rejects article, retrieved December 14, 2006.

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