As an extension to the existing supplier contract between PUMA(R) AG and the SAUBER PETRONAS team, both new SAUBER PETRONAS drivers, Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa, will wear PUMA fireproof racewear and footwear in the 2004 season. It is the first time that Formula One drivers will be provided with racesuits entirely designed and produced by PUMA. As last year, PUMA will also supply all team apparel and footwear, including the fireproof gear and shoes for the refuel team. Further, the PUMA(R) logo will again be featured on the headrest of the SAUBER PETRONAS C23 race car.SAUBER PETRONAS driver Giancarlo Fisichella states: "Since theright gear is an important factor in motorsport, I am more than happyto wear PUMA racewear and footwear on track. PUMA not only hasextensive experience with high-perfomance motorsport wear, but alsonicely combines quality and functionality with fashionable design." "We are delighted to extend the contract with SAUBER PETRONAS andcontinue the good partnership," says Andrew McPhail, Senior Managerof PUMA Motorsport. "It is a pleasure to work with such aprofessional and successful team that has achieved some impressiveresults in its long Formula 1 history. With the new, modern windtunnel to test the cars and Fisichella and Massa as drivers, SAUBERPETRONAS will certainly be a force to contend with this season." SAUBER PETRONAS is an international Formula One team, located inHinwil, Switzerland, where Peter Sauber founded his company back in1970. The team's highlights were the 1-2-victory 1989 at the 24 hoursof Le Mans, the back-to-back sportscar World Championship Titles 1989 and 1990 and the 4th place in the 2001 Formula One Constructors'Championship. Amongst the successful Sauber junior drivers wereMichael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen.PUMA(R) performance racing shoes were first used by variousdrivers and teams in the 1970s and early 1980s. And since 1998 PUMA's motorsport division has gradually assembled an impressive portfolio of sponsorships. In the 2004 season PUMA will be the officialsupplier of racing gear in several motorsport disciplines such asFormula One, F 3000, motocross, WRC etc.PUMA(R) is the global athletic brand that successfully fusesinfluences from sport, lifestyle and fashion. PUMA's unique industryperspective delivers the unexpected in sportlifestyle footwear,apparel and accessories, through technical innovation andrevolutionary design. Established in Herzogenaurach, Germany in 1948,PUMA distributes products in over 80 countries.