BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Monaco GP - Qualifying

Monaco Grand Prix - QUALIFYING                                  25th  May
2002

Weather: 23ƒC Air, 37ƒC Track

On the street circuit of Monte Carlo, Juan Pablo Montoya took his second
pole position for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team this season and the fifth of his
F1 career. Ralf Schumacher qualified fourth.

Juan Pablo Montoya:       1st
Chassis: FW24 05
Best time: 1.16:676
"The car and the tyres behaved very well today. We made quite a lot of
changes throughout the morning sessions and during qualifying as well and
clearly we worked in the right direction. I knew the time was there from
the beginning, anyway. I had a negative weekend here last year but this
time things have been working all right so far and I am changing my mind
about this track now. It is definitely pretty special to be on pole here,
by four tenths, because getting a good lap together on this circuit is very
difficult. I expect the tyres to be consistent also throughout tomorrow's
race."

Ralf Schumacher:         4th
Chassis:  FW24 06
Best time: 1.17:274
"Unluckily on my first flying lap I was held up by an Arrows. Both the
other runs were troublefree. I could have for sure improved a bit if in my
last run I hadn't been again held up by some traffic. We had no technical
problems at all. It is clear that our tyre supplier here provides much
better tyres than their competitors. Congratulations to my team mate!"

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"This was a fantastic effort by Juan and also a good job from Ralf. The
engineers and the drivers worked hard on the set-up all weekend. To
Michelin's credit it must be said that they have brought to Monaco good
tyres, which look strong  for the race as well. Also it is positive to see
our car on pole on a circuit which rewards downforce and mechanical grip.
Now we will concentrate on the race set-up in order to get the most out of
our good qualifying positions."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"We did not really expect to be on pole position on this circuit. But we
have had a very good weekend so far, where everything went according to
plan. Michelin obviously supplied us with very strong tyres here and Juan
put everything together perfectly on his last run. Regarding the engine
every session went smoothly and troublefree so far."