BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Hungarian GP-Practice

Hungarian Grand Prix  -   FREE PRACTICE                    16th August 2002

Weather:  cloudy, 25°C Air, 29° Track

The BMW WilliamsF1 Team¹s first Free Practice session ran according to plan
in preparation for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. Ralf Schumacher was
3rd while Juan Pablo Montoya only managed 16th after exiting into a gravel
trap on a fast lap at the end of the session.

Ralf Schumacher: 3rd
Chassis: FW24 06
Best time: 1.17,228 min
"Our Friday tasks went alright, but you cannot read too much into the Free
Practice times, whether you are third or last. We have gone through our
set-up programme and we have already made our tyre choice. I think that in
the race that Ferrari will be superior to every team, but for us it is
important to keep an eye on McLaren."

Juan Pablo Montoya: 16th
Chassis: FW24 05 (T-Car FW24 02)
Best time: 1.18,961 min
"We are suffering from low grip levels and I cannot say my day went well.
However we have completed some preparation work for the race and now we will
concentrate on our grid position, which is very important here."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"We had no reliability problems today. We spent both the sessions evaluating
the tyre and now the tyre choice is very clear. We concentrated on the set
up as we were struggling quite a bit with the balance but towards the end of
the session we found some good corrections. For our technicians and
engineers there is quite a lot of work to do on Saturday and Sunday as we
are far off from where we wanted to be."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"There is no doubt this is a track with poor levels of grip, and on Friday
it is still dusty and dirty, and there are usually a lot of spins. You only
get the real picture on Saturday. On this track the quicker driver is the
one who has the right tyre. It is quite difficult to predict how the
starting grid will look, but for tomorrow¹s qualifying we are aiming for the
second or third row."

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