BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Spanish GP-First Qualifying

Spanish Grand Prix  -  FIRST QUALIFYING
2nd May 2003

Weather: Sunny, dry, 24°C Air, 38°C Track

Barcelona (ESP). The BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan
Pablo Montoya finished in 11th and 14th positions respectively in the first
qualifying session of the Spanish Grand Prix, which will start on Sunday
14:00 hrs local time. The Circuit de Catalunya is known for being extremely
challenging regarding the set-up of the cars as the conditions are usually
very variable.

Ralf Schumacher: 11th
Chassis: FW25 05
Best time: 1.18,409 min
"Obviously the first qualifying session was not satisfying for me. I was
struggling with the balance of the car and made a few mistakes. In one
corner I nearly lost the car. Though, I am not too worried. In qualifying we
have not yet seen the full potential of the FW25. Now we will go ahead to
further improve the set-up for tomorrow¹s practice sessions and final
qualifying."

Juan Pablo Montoya: 14th
Chassis: FW25 06 (Spare Car FW25 04)
Best time: 1.18,687 min
"We knew that this was going to be a difficult weekend for us and this
afternoon¹s times show that we are still struggling in finding the right
balance for our car on this track. I had some oversteer on my qualifying lap
which severely affected my performance. Let¹s work on it now and hopefully
sort it out for tomorrow."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"After looking competitive this morning we went in the wrong direction on
the set up and had a few problems with the balance on both cars which caused
us to lose quite a bit of time in qualifying. Now we are going to have a
look at the data to make sure we can sort this our for tomorrow, even though
tomorrow is a different story anyway because we are going to set up the car
for the race."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"In the Free Practice both the drivers, especially Ralf, had succeeded in
setting up the car  for this track quite well but in qualifying they were
both unhappy with their balance. Our times and positions show that the track
conditions have changed since this morning. However, the time that Ralf
achieved this morning in Free Practice would have been good for first
position in qualifying."