BMW WilliamsF1 Team-U.S.G.P.-Qualifying

September 28, 2002

Weather: dry and sunny, 24°C Air, 31°C Track

The drivers of the BMW WiliamsF1 Team will start the 2002 US Grand Prix from
the second and third rows. Juan Pablo Montoya missed out third position at
the last moment by one thousandth of a second and will therefore start from
position four, in front of team mate Ralf Schumacher who qualified fifth
fastest.

Juan Pablo Montoya:       4th
Chassis: FW24 04 (T-Car FW24 02)
Best time: 1:11,414 min
Not the qualifying session result I was expecting at all. It is
disappointing and very frustrating especially because I was in third
position until the last moment and then I lost it by one thousandth of a
second. Tomorrow I am starting my race from the dirty side of the track and
this is not really helpful. But this is racing. Today we just could not get
a good balance. I think at the moment we just haven¹t got the speed to beat
Ferrari.

Ralf Schumacher:            5th
Chassis:  FW24 06
Best time: 1.11,587 min
We cannot be happy, of course. It is very difficult to find the right
balance for the car here. I had continuous set-up problems. The tyres were
all right and I think they are also looking quite good for tomorrow. Anyway,
it is going to be a very difficult race for us.

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
It is obviously disappointing, especially if we look at the gap to the
Ferraris. We thought we could have done better here, but this is where we
are with our car. We will now concentrate on our race preparation in order
to make the most of our grid positions. It will be a tough race tomorrow.

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
It was clear this morning already that we didn¹t have a chance to start our
race from the first row and that it would be difficult even to achieve the
second row. This outcome was not really unexpected. The McLarens will also
be challenging us tomorrow in the race. Whoever will be quickest tomorrow
with low downforce race set-up in the infield section of the track will
probably decide the race. The most important factor for us is getting both
cars to the end and scoring some points in order to secure our second
position in the Constructor¹s Championship.