BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Silverstone Qualifying

British Grand Prix - QUALIFYING                                      6th
July 2002

Weather: Cloudy, 16°C Air, 22°C Track

Juan Pablo Montoya claimed his fourth successive pole in the dying seconds
of today¹s qualifying session for the 2002 British Grand Prix, with BMW
WilliamsF1 Team-mate Ralf Schumacher sandwiching the two Ferraris for fourth
place. After a slow start to the session with few contenders emerging from
their garages for the first 20 minutes of the session, no less than twenty
cars took to the track in the last three minutes of the hour with Juan Pablo
claiming pole in a gripping conclusion to the session.

Juan Pablo Montoya:       1st
Chassis: FW24 05
Best time: 1:18.998
"I really do not know where this great result came from. I was not expecting
to get on the first row at all. We did quite a few changes to the car
throughout qualifying and obviously it paid off. We will now work on the
strategy to make the best choice for the race, but my main concern is to
finish and collect some points, which I have failed to do for the last four
races. It is great to be on pole here, especially for all the people back at
the factory in Grove as this is their home Grand Prix."

Ralf Schumacher:           4th
Chassis:  FW24 06
Best time: 1.19.329
"It is not too bad to start a race from fourth position. At the beginning of
qualifying everything was going quite well but at the end it became more
difficult and I could not improve. For my last flying lap we made a few more
changes, but they didn¹t provide any advantage. However, it will be hard to
challenge Ferrari in the race."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"A good day, the drivers, engineers and mechanics all worked hard, and Juan
took a big jump to pole at the end of the session, which was great. It is
also rewarding to perform well on this track where downforce is so
important, and all the data we have shows us the new aero package is working
well. The tyres appear strong, which gives us confidence for the race
tomorrow."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"This was a very impressive performance by Juan. We did not expect to be on
pole here. His last lap was simply unbelievable - you could call it the
Montoya factor. Now that we achieved the fourth pole position in a row, I
really hope we will make it onto the podium tomorrow. Ralf has started
pretty well but due to some understeer he was not able to improve towards
the end of the session. However, having one car in front row and the other
one on second row are very good starting positions. We want to re-establish
our position in the Championship here."

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All press are invited for drinks in the HP Motorhome this evening between
1700 and 1900hrs

Note: Jörg Kottmeier  (phone number and e-mail address noted below) has
taken over BMW Corporate Communications duties from Guido Stalmann as of
July 1. Guido Stalmann¹s new role is with BMW Motorsport.