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HONDA FORMULA 1 PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO

Honda personnel with Villeneuve, Panis, Frentzen, Trulli, Pollock, Jordan

In advance of the new Formula 1 season, Honda is pleased to announce a special press conference to celebrate Honda's latest challenge, featuring all four drivers that will benefit from Honda power in 2001.

Honda will supply both British American Racing and Jordan Grand Prix with identical specification Honda RA001E V10 3-litre 'works' engines for the 2001 Formula 1 campaign.

Having powered BAR Honda to fifth place in last year's Constructors' Championship, the first of Honda's return to F1 racing, the supply of two teams represents a new challenge for the world's largest engine manufacturer.

Honda Press Conference

Date: Monday 26th February

Time: 14:00 local time (06:00CET)

Venue: Okura Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Duration: 1 hour (including photo call)

Attendees:

Honda - Takeo Fukui, Takefumi Hosaka, Toru Ogawa, Kazutoshi Nishizawa

Jordan Honda - Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jarno Trulli, Eddie Jordan

BAR Honda - Jacques Villeneuve, Olivier Panis, Craig Pollock

Photography High-resolution copyright-free images from the press conference will be available from the Honda F1 media website:

www.honda-gp.com username: honda password: ginther

Editor's note The 2001 FIA Formula 1 World Championship begins in Melbourne on Sunday 4 March with the Australian Grand Prix. Last year's Albert Park race featured excellent fourth and sixth place finishes for BAR Honda on the occasion of Honda's return to F1 after an absence of eight years.

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