BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Austrian GP - Race

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Austrian Grand Prix - RACE
12th  April 2002

Weather: dry, 21ƒC Air, 27ƒC Track

On a race which was significantly affected by many laps behind the safety
car, due principally to a spectacular accident which befell Takuma Sato's
Jordan and Nick Heidfeld's Sauber, Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher
achieved seven more championship points for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team by
finishing in third and fourth positions respectively at the Austrian A-1
Ring.

Juan Pablo Montoya:       3rd
Chassis: FW24 05
Fastest Lap: 1:09.853 on lap 70 (3rd fastest overall)
"The safety car today decided the race, actually it made my race. I lost
some time at the start due to the high fuel load but I had decided to go as
far as I could before the pit stop and that paid off. Our decision to go
for the hard tyres also paid off. The tyres were very consistent and I
could keep them on until the end of the race. With regards to the accident
between Heidfeld and Sato I was very lucky because my car wasn't touched at
all. I was on the inside of Sato then I heard a big bang but I couldn't
even see what had happened."

Ralf Schumacher:             4th
Chassis:  FW24 04
Fastest Lap: 1:09.862 on lap 66 (4th fastest overall)
"For me everything was just perfect - the car, the engine, the tyres and
the pit stop. I think that without the safety car periods I could have
defended my third position. Due to the action packed race and the different
strategies it is difficult to say how big Ferrari's advantage really was
here on the A1-Ring. We have to continue to work hard, this much is clear."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"First of all I hope that Sato is okay. Regarding our team it was well done
from Juan Pablo and from Ralf, both did a good job today. I think our
strategy with one stop each was the right one, but of course we did not
take into account the two safety car periods. During the second safety car
we might have had a chance to change our schedule a little bit by calling
Ralf in earlier, but we had to keep the pit lane clear because it looked at
that time as if Juan had a problem with a damaged front wing. In fact it
was okay. At the end of the day both of our drivers had solid drives."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"For us it was a flawless race. This circuit is very demanding on the
engines, which we had known in advance and which was highlighted by several
engine failures during the race. We have got both the cars to finish the
race and both the drivers did a very good job without any mistakes. The
different strategies - one stop for us and two stops for Ferrari - might
have distorted the comparison a little bit, but it is clear that we are
still a big step behind the red cars."

Valencia Test: 14-18 May (Antonio Pizzonia, 14/15, Marc Gene 14-18, Ralf
Schumacher 16-18)