BMW WilliamsF1 Team-German GP-Final Qualifying

German Grand Prix  -  FINAL QUALIFYING
2nd August 2003

Weather: Sunny, dry. Air temperature 33°C Track temperature 48°C

Hockenheim (GER). A strong performance by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. At the
very hot Hockenheimring Juan Pablo Montoya achieved the 11th pole of his F1
career and team-mate Ralf Schumacher qualified just behind, by two
hundredths of seconds, which means he will start tomorrow¹s German Grand
Prix next to Montoya. This is the third time this season that both the BMW
WilliamsF1 Team cars will start a race from the front row, after the
Canadian and French GPs.

Juan Pablo Montoya:    1st
Chassis: FW25 06 
Best time: 1:15,167min
"Finally I¹ve got my first pole of this season, It¹s taken me a long time to
get it!  It¹s the second time I am on pole on this track, after 2001. The
car was working really good today  and we¹ve pulled together, got through a
lot of hard work and it¹s paid off. I am also confident that we are going to
have a good race tomorrow. In these conditions tomorrow¹s race will be hard
both physically and mentally. It will also test the reliability of all the
cars. Hopefully we can score some good points for both championships."

Ralf Schumacher:    2nd
Chassis:  FW25 07 (T-car FW 04)
Best time: 1:15,185min
"I am pleased to be on the front row, especially because I had big
understeer in the last two corners, which cost me some time. Thanks to the
team who did an excellent job, since the car wasn¹t that perfect yesterday
morning or this morning. Last year I was a bit unlucky on this track and I
hope I ca make up for that disappointing race. Tomorrow the tarmac could be
as hot as 55°C and  in such conditions anything can happen."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"It was a solid job from the team to get both the cars onto the front row
and it puts us in a strong position for tomorrow¹s race. The aerodynamic
improvements we brought to this circuit are clearly another step forward.
Also Michelin once again provided us with a very good tyre for the heat. We
are obviously feeling confident going into tomorrow¹s German Grand Prix."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"It was a trouble free and just perfect qualifying session for us. It is
what you dream of for your home grand prix. We are obviously ideally placed
for the race and we hope we will fight for victory here. But with these high
temperatures, it is extremely difficult to predict how tyre degradation and
general reliability will be over the race distance."

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