TAG Heuer - - -Long-time MCLAREN sponsor, Swiss-based manufacturer of professional sports watches and timing systems and Formula One's official timekeepers since 1992.
Takagi, Toranosuke - - -An exile from the 1998 Tyrell team, this season Takagi drives for ARROWS. He is unlikely to set the world on fire, especially in the Arrows, but is a good workmanlike driver who should give the team points
Tanaka International (TI) - - -Japanese circuit, near Aida and Mount. Fuji, site of the PACIFIC GRAND PRIX, a one-time event, held April 17, 1994 and won by BENETTON's Michael Schumacher.
Telemetry - - -The science of transmitting data electronically from a moving object to a stationary central location.
Television cameras - - -All F1 race cars are fitted with two television cameras, two camera housings, or one of each at all times. All cars must be equipped with five positions to which cameras or camera housings can be fitted.
Texaco - - -U.S. and U.K.-based oil and lubricants supplier and sponsor for the STEWART GRAND PRIX team.
Timing - - -Critical to any form of motor racing, Formula One enjoys state-of-the-art timing capabilities courtesy of technical specialists TAG-HEUER and Siemens.
Timing transponders - - -All F1 race cars must be fitted with a timing transponder, an electronic device supplied by the officially appointed timekeepers which can transmit or receive a signal from trackside timing recorders.
Todt, Jean - - -The Frenchman has risen from being a rally co-driver to FERRARI Sporting Director. Much of his motor racing career was spent with PEUGEOT, but following a move to FERRARI in mid-1993, he has been one of the prime movers in the resurgence of the famous Italian team.
Traction control - - -Computer-controlled electronic system that senses the onset of wheelspin and rapidly controls the power output characteristics of the engine to eliminate the developing wheelspin. Ideally, works in conjunction with an electronic "DRIVE-BY-WIRE" throttle. While it’s use is banned in F1, persistent rumours suggest that some teams are still experimenting with different forms of traction control mechanisms.
Trulli, Jarno - - -At PROST for a second season, Italian driver Jarno Trulli is another, like ALEXANDER WURZ who could, given the right breaks, become a superstar of tomorrow. For him not to be lost to F1, the Prost needsa to be much better than it was last year.
TWR Arrows - - -Team formed when determined Scot, TOM WALKINSHAW, took over the reins at Arrows during the 1996 season. A highly successful racing driver, his TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) concern was responsible for designing, building and racing the Jaguars that won European Touring Car Championship and World Sports Car Championship titles. Walkinshaw stunned the Formula One world at the end of 1996 when he signed newly crowned World Drivers' Champion, DAMON HILL. The Englishman only stayed for one season, and although the team appeared to have an effective chassis in 1998, it was hampered by the lack of a "works" engine deal (Walkinshaw decided to build his own engines) and limited operating budget. The team was signifiacntly restructured before the beginning of the 1999 season with the involvement of Nigerian businessman, Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim. Driver line-up for 1999 consists of Spanish newcomer, PEDRO DE LA ROSA and Japanese, TORANOSUKE TAKAGI.
TWR Group - - -TOM WALKINSHAW'S impressive technical operation, based at Leafield, Oxfordshire, is capable of taking on a wide range of automotive engineering projects, whether motorsport-based or manufacturer commissioned research and development work. The client list over the years has included Mazda, Jaguar, Holden (GM) and Volvo.
Turbocharger - - -A method of "forced induction", which uses the waste energy from the engine exhaust gas to spin a compressor that then pressurises the fuel/air mixture being fed into the combustion chambers.
Tyre blankets - - -Special "electrified slip covers" designed to keep new tyres warm at trackside, prior to being mounted on a car during a PIT STOP. The warmth in the rubber compound promotes better track adhesion during a race.
Tyrrell, Ken - - -Former racing driver and founder of the TYRRELL RACING ORGANISATION in 1968, Ken Tyrrell bowed out of Formula One team ownership in early 1998, after selling his team to BRITISH AMERICAN RACING. Inspired by a visit to a SILVERSTONE race meeting in 1951, Tyrrell served a brief spell as Team Manager of the COOPER Formula Two team before setting up his own business to run the works Formula Junior Cooper-BMC entries. Tyrrell moved into Formula One in 1968, with MATRA chassis powered by Ford's DFV V8 engine.
Tyrrell Racing Organisation - - -British Formula One racing team, founded by KEN TYRRELL, which grew out of Ken Tyrrell Racing, founded in the early 1960s. The team has been based at the same site, in Ockham, Surrey, since it was established. Driver JACKIE STEWART took three World Drivers' Championship titles for the team (1969, 1971, 1973), while Tyrrell won one Constructors' Championship as a manufacturer in its own right (1971) and one with MATRA (1969). Tyrrell closed its doors at the end of the 1998 Formula One season following its purchase by BRITISH AMERICAN RACING at the end of 1997.