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FORMULA ONE: Austrian GP race dissapointing for Williams


It was a disappointing Austrian Grand Prix for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team 
especially after an excellent qualifying performance, brilliant starts and 
having both cars at the front of the field. Both retirements were due to 
technical problems.

Juan Pablo Montoya : retired on lap 42 (hydraulic problems)
Chassis: FW23 02
Best Time: 1:11.140 on lap 40 - 4th fastest
"I made a good start and during the race the car was behaving better and 
better. What happened with Michael was just a racing incident, he braked 
quite late, I braked late as well, I locked the rear tyres and ran wide. At 
the end we lost hydraulic pressure, I got an alarm two corners before and I 
knew that was going to be it."

Ralf Schumacher: DNF, retired on lap 9 (brake problems)
Chassis: FW23 05
Best Time: 1:13.88 on lap 7 - 15th fastest
"I had a great start to the race, which proved our launch control worked 
really well. I then had a brake pressure problem so my pedal got longer and 
longer, and at the end I had nearly no pressure left. I had to retire, that 
is all. Of course I am disappointed."

Patrick Head (Technical Director, WilliamsF1)
"We had a problem with the rear brakes on Ralf's car, I am not quite certain 
what but they got very hot. On Juan Pablo's car we have a hydraulic leak but 
we don't really know on what part of the system of the car. Basically not 
very impressive on the reliability side."

Dr. Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director)
"We had both cars leading a race for the first time, but ended up without a 
result. Both drivers did excellent starts. Due to relatively heavy cars with 
a lot of fuel on board they could not pull away from the opposition. Even 
after he had gone off, It looked still good for Juan up to the time he 
stopped."