BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Brazilian GP-Final Qualifying

Brazilian Grand Prix  -  FINAL QUALIFYING                              5th
April 2003

Weather: Dry, temperatures air/track 36/25°C (Schumacher), 34/25°C (Montoya)

Interlagos (BRA). The BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan
Pablo Montoya will start tomorrow¹s race from the third and fifth rows of
the grid respectively, having qualified in 6th and 9th positions on today¹s
dry track

Ralf Schumacher: 6th
Chassis: FW25 03
Best time: 1.14,124 min
"I had too much understeer in some sectors of the circuit and I think I lost
two or three tenths there. I was also a bit too careful braking into turns
seven and eight. However, all in all I am quite happy. I think we¹ve
achieved some further improvements with our new chassis. We have used here a
new front wing and a modified rear suspension for the first time."


Juan Pablo Montoya: 9h
Chassis: FW25 04  (Spare Car FW25 02)
Best time: 1.14,223 min
"All in all it has been a pretty good qualifying, even if lost a bit of time
in the last two corners due to some understeer. In the third sector I lost
something like three or four tenths from my out lap to my timed lap and this
is of course a bit disappointing. That¹s what we¹ve got for tomorrow but I
think we are going to have a good race."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"Obviously we would always prefer to be a bit further up on the grid. But
the race tomorrow is a different story . Since the advent of the new
regulations it is very difficult to evaluate everybody's qualifying
performance and we are keen to see on which strategy the other teams are on.
We have done better in
today's dry qualifying  than we did under wet conditions yesterday. The new
aero parts and the new rear suspension have improved the performance of the
car and it is our task to find further improvements as we head into the
European sector of the season."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"The Brazilian public can be happy with the outcome of this qualifying.
Finally local hero Rubens Barrichello is on pole, but we can¹t say we are
unhappy either. This was one of the tightest qualifying sessions I can
remember: The first 15 drivers have qualified within just one second.  If
one thinks that ten kilos of fuel costs about 0.3 seconds every lap, it is
clear how important  the fuel load is. We will know the answer to this
question tomorrow."