Japanese - Born : 20 November 1948 - Married. One child

The name of Shinozuka is greatly respected in Japanese motor sport circles. Having begun his career in 1968, he became the first Japanese driver to finish the Kenyan Safari Rally in 1976.�And 15 years later, he became the first Japanese to win a round of the World Rally Championship, the Ivory Coast-Bandama Rally in 1991. The following year, he won the event for the second year running. After a long association with Mitsubishi Team in cross-country rallies, Kenjiro Shinozuka has come to be considered a very talented and experienced driver, and an excellent tactician.

Henri MAGNE (Co-driver)

French - Born : 9 May, 1953 - Single.

Henri Magne started his sporting career in 1976 as co-driver and since than he has sat beside such drivers as Pierre Lartigue, Jean De Silva, Bruno Saby and Saeed Al Hajri. He joined the Mitsubishi Team in 1988, starting out as Kenjiro Shinozuka's co-driver.

Bruno SABY

French - Born : 23 February, 1949 - Married. Two children

After having built his career - and his reputation for attacking driving ! - in the French and World Rally Championship, the man from Grenoble had his first experience of this new discipline at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Pajero in the Paris-Sirte-Le Cap event in January 1992. Since then, Saby has proved the fastest marathon driver on several occasions, and his results include three wins. Bruno Saby started his rallying career in 1967 and has entered countless rallies since.

Dominique SERIEYS (Co-driver)

French - Born : 4 July, 1961 - Married. One daughter

The head of planning at Grenoble Sport Auto (Bruno Saby's motor sport preparation business), Serieys has also been Saby's professional co-driver at Team Mitsubishi since the Atlas Rally in May 1992.

Jean-Pierre FONTENAY

French - Born : 24 June, 1957 - Married. One child

Jean-Pierre Fontenay gained considerable experience as a technician at Sonauto-Ralliart and has driven every possible version of the Pajero in competition. He started his rallying career in 1982 and has entered numerous cross-country rallies since. In 1994 he won the FIA Marathon Cup.

Gilles PICARD (Co-driver)

French - Born 19 March 1955.

Old Motorbike pilot. Professional co-driver specialized in Cross-Country Rallies from 1993.

Hiroshi MASUOKA

Japanese - Born : 13 March, 1960 - Married. One child

Started competing in 1979, but had his first good results in 1984 at the Pharaohs Rally. Then he was twice second in his category in 1990 and 1994, on the Paris-Dakar cross-country rally. Co-driver, Andreas Schulz joined him in 1994.

Andreas SCHULZ (Co-driver)

German - Born : 3 March, 1955 - Single.

Andreas Schulz works in Ralliart Germany : he has participated in the Mitsubishi victorious campaign in the World Rally Championship in 1995, which ended with Madeira's victory on his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III in Group N. Andreas Schulz also works with Jorge Recalde and Isolde Holderied, who has won the Ladies Cup for the second time. During this 1995 campaign, Andreas Schulz has gone to all rallies, apart from the RAC Rally in Great Britain.