Computer Associates Fuels Mika Hakkinen's Successful Defense of the Formula One World Drivers Championship

10 November 1999
Computer Associates Fuels Mika Hakkinen's Successful Defense of the Formula One World Drivers Championship
   Japan Grand Prix Win Locks Up Second Consecutive Title for West McLaren
                               Mercedes Driver

    ISLANDIA, N.Y., and WOKING, England, Nov. 10 -- Computer
Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced that Unicenter TNG, CA's
award-winning enterprise management software, played an integral role in West
McLaren Mercedes driver Mika Hakkinen's successful defense of the Formula One
World Championship title.
    The West McLaren Mercedes team leveraged the advanced enterprise
management features of Unicenter TNG to maximize the performance and
analytical power of the car driven by Hakkinen.
    "This Formula One Drivers World Championship title wouldn't have been
possible without the superior technology that the West McLaren Mercedes team
builds into its race cars," said Hakkinen.  "In the highly competitive world
of Formula One racing, we must leverage the most advanced technology available
to gain a competitive advantage, and CA's software is a big part of that."
    As technology partners, CA and West McLaren Mercedes have developed an F1
telemetry analysis display for West McLaren Mercedes' race and testing
engineers.  This real-time solution relies on Unicenter TNG to monitor
critical functions of the car and display both performance and operational
data during test runs and races.  Unicenter TNG then provides a
three-dimensional image of the car with the data.  This advanced computing
environment gives the team a virtual picture of how the car is performing
throughout the race.
    "Throughout the season, we used CA's software products to monitor and
display important archival data on conditions that impact the car's
performance," said Ron Dennis, group managing director of TAG McLaren.  "The
team's technological advantage was an integral part of Mika's second
consecutive Formula One World Championship."
    Deploying the advanced features of Unicenter TNG, the West McLaren
Mercedes team is also able to monitor complex information from a vehicle
moving at speeds in excess of 180 mph.
    "Mika Hakkinen's repeat championship performance in a car leveraging
Unicenter TNG technology further illustrates the fact that CA solutions can be
used in nontraditional IT applications," said Marc Sokol, senior vice
president and general manager of global marketing at CA.  "Unicenter TNG
offers West McLaren Mercedes a competitive edge, which played a role in
helping Mika accomplish this historic feat."

    Computer Associates International, Inc. , the world leader in
mission-critical business computing, provides software, support and
integration services in more than 100 countries around the world.  CA has more
than 17,500 employees and had revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal year 1999.
    For more information about CA, please call 516-342-5224 or e-mail
info@cai.com.  CA's World Wide Web address is http://www.cai.com.

    Based in Woking, England, TAG McLaren International has been involved in
the construction and development of Formula One Grand Prix cars since 1966,
and in 1995 entered into a long-term partnership with Mercedes-Benz as engine
supplier.  TAG McLaren International is one of the most successful racing
teams in the world.  Since entering Formula One, cars developed by the McLaren
team have racked up a total of 122 Grand Prix victories, three Indianapolis
500 wins, five consecutive Can-Am sports cars wins and one Le Mans 24-hour
endurance race.

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