BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Canadian GP-Race

Canada Grand Prix  -  RACE
15th June 2003

Weather: dry, air 20-21°C, track 28-32°C
Montreal (CAN). The Canadian Grand Prix has been a positive weekend for the
BMW WilliamsF1 Team: After starting from the front row with both cars for
the first time this season Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya both
finished on the podium. The German came second behind his brother who has
now taken over the championship lead from Kimi Raikkonen. The last time both
drivers of the BMW WilliamsF1 Team joined the podium ceremony together in
the same positions but in opposite order, was at the German Grand Prix in
2002.  Ralf is now fourth in the driver¹s championship with Juan Pablo fifth
whilst the BMW WilliamsF1 Team consolidated third position in the
Constructors and have closed the gap to the leading team ( Ferrari ) which
is now just 21 points ahead.

Ralf Schumacher:    2nd
Chassis: FW25 05       Best time: 1:16,599 min (lap 48, 5th)
"Eight points for me and six for Juan , these two podium finishes are super
for our team. Obviously it is a bit disappointing again not to win after I
have set pole position but I could not quite achieve the victory here. There
was no way I could overtake Michael even though I was stuck on his tail.
Also my left rear view mirror broke and it was bothering me as it was even
hitting my helmet in some corners. I never changed my front tyres during
this race because after having experienced some graining problems in the
first part of the race I did not want to drive through a performance dip
again. This result clearly shows how much we have improved and that we are
on the right way up after a difficult start to the season."

Juan Pablo Montoya:    3rd
Chassis: FW25 06             Best time: 1:16,349 min (lap 39, 2nd)
"It was a good performance from us today but we had hoped for an even better
result. I made a mistake on lap two and lost a few positions so I had to
fight my way up again. I had a hard race. Due to some brake problems I
missed the chicane a couple of times and from lap one I had to use the
manual downshift, which I am not really used to. I had the same problem Ralf
had with the rear mirror which broke and was flopping in front of my face
and was distracting me. In the end I could catch up with Ralf and Michael
but had no chance to pass them.  To- day we proved again that our cars have
improved and that we are definitely on our way up."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"It is a good result for the team, although it is a shame we could not
overtake Michael. He was quick on his first stint, but had to slow down from
his second stint onwards for some reason. It is obvious that the performance
of our car package is definitely improving, and the whole team did a good
job here. We are looking forward to the Nurburgring where we will have some
more improvements."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"It has been an exciting race from the first until the very last lap.
Michael Schumacher was the one to beat here, he was strong as expected. It
means a great deal to our team to be with both the drivers on the podium
again, the last time this happened was at Hockenheim last year. Locking out
the  front row and coming second and third in the race here confirms the
performance we have shown in Monaco. We have also demonstrated that we can
achieve top results on a circuit which presents a very  different
challenge."  

Silverstone Test: 17-19 June, Juan Pablo Montoya  Jerez Test: 17-20 June,
Marc Gené