BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Belgian GP-Race

Belgian Grand Prix - RACE
1st September 2002

Weather: overcast, 15°C Air, 18° Track

At the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team strengthened their
claim for second place in the FIA Constructor¹s World Championship. Juan
Pablo Montoya achieved another podium finish placing third and Ralf
Schumacher was fifth and also collected some points.

Juan Pablo Montoya:       3rd
Chassis: FW24 04
Fastest Lap: 1:49,293 on lap 44 (3rd overall)
"This has been an outstanding outcome to a difficult weekend. I am a bit
surprised I could keep up with Kimi Raikkonen who had a very fast pace in
the first part of the race. I really did not expect such a good result
today. When I pitted for the first time I managed to stay ahead of Kimi
thanks to the great job of my team. Also we made some adjustments during the
pit-stop and they helped a lot. In the last part of the race I managed to
keep behind me the other McLaren of Coulthard and I would like to
acknowledge the help that I received from the pitwall over the last few laps
to achieve this result. We still have hopes for the second place in the
drivers' championship. The moment Rubens fails, we have to be there."

Ralf Schumacher:             5th
Chassis:  FW24 06
Fastest Lap: 1:49,681 lap 15 (5th overall)
"I can only be reasonably satisfied today as I made a few mistakes. At the
start I was blocked by a slow starting Raikkonen, then I spun and went into
the gravel trap and finally when I restarted after my second pit-stop I
pushed the wrong button on the steering wheel by mistake. In the end I have
scored two points which are very valuable to the team in the fight for the
second place in the Constructors¹ World Championship."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"It was a really good race by Juan today. He had a good start and looked
after the car well but pushed when he needed to. Ralf lost some time when he
spun on the way to a pit stop and then we had a problem leaving at the
second stop. The team worked very well at all four pit stops and we did not
suffer from any technical problems today. We have had a reliable car and
engine. The Ferraris are still a long way in front of us, but they remain
our target."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"Juan Pablo drove a strong race today. He was constantly under pressure but
he asserted his authority against the McLarens. Unluckily Ralf lost some
time at the start and with his spin. Both the drivers took advantage of very
good pit-stop work. In one go we have achieved six points today and
strengthened our position in the Constructors¹ Championship widening the gap
by three points to McLaren."

Monza test: 3-6 September
(Ralf Schumacher and Marc Gené 3-4; Juan Pablo Montoya and Antonio Pizzonia
5-6)