FW: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - San Marino GP - Qualifying

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From: BMW WilliamsF1 Team <HHientzsch@aol.com>
To: Judy Stropus <jstropus@earthlink.net>
Subject: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - San Marino GP - Qualifying
Date: Sat, Apr 13, 2002, 9:48 AM


San Marino Grand Prix - QUALIFYING           13th  April 2002

Weather: 18ƒC Air, 25ƒC Track

A reasonably positive qualifying for the  BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers Ralf
Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya, who were 3rd and 4th respectively for
the 2002 San Marino Grand Prix, on a track which finally dried after
several days of heavy rain.

Ralf Schumacher:             3rd
Chassis:  FW24 05 (T-Car FW24 02)
Best time: 1.21:473
"We can be reasonably happy as we are very close to Ferrari. I failed to
improve my time in the last run due to a mistake. Last year I started third
here and I had my first victory in F1, so why couldn't it be the same this
year? A good strategy can take you everywhere. Lots can happen in a race
but whatever happens tomorrow, we will try to get some points."

Juan Pablo Montoya:       4th
Chassis: FW24 04
Best time: 1.21:605
"I had a pretty good qualifying today, although I was chasing the car
balance throughout the session. Considering that it was raining yesterday
we managed to find a reasonably good set-up for dry conditions. Tomorrow we
have good chances of achieving places on the podium."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"We are happy that the weather conditions changed to favour our team.
Looking at the gap we still have to Ferrari we have quite a bit of work to
do. Mainly for tomorrow but also for the upcoming races. Today both the
drivers got the best out of their cars and for tomorrow it's a case of
having the right strategy. Now we have to prepare ourselves for the race
regardless of whether the track conditions will remain friendly to us or
not."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"The fact that Ralf's and Juan's times are so close indicates to me that
both of our drivers got the best out of the situation.  Ferrari has again
demonstrated a perfect performance, but we are almost there. Our starting
position for tomorrow is good and I am confident that we will be able to
defend our starting positions even in the rain."

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