Juan Pablo Montoya Wins - German GP-Race - Notes from BMW

German Grand Prix  -  RACE
3rd August 2003

Weather: Sunny, dry, air 34-35°C, track 46-49°C

Hockenheim (GER). The fourth win of the 2003 season put the BMW WilliamsF1
Team in a strong position in both the Constructor and Drivers FIA Formula
One World Championship. Juan Pablo Montoya achieved his second victory of
the year  in Sunday¹s German Grand Prix at Hockenheim and in doing so has
moved up to second place in the Drivers Championship. He now has 65 points,
six less than leader Michael Schumacher. The BMW WiliamsF1 Team remain in
second position in the battle for the Constructors¹ title, having reduced
the gap to Ferrari to just two points. It was the ninth win since the
foundation of the BMW WilliamsF1 Team in 2000. However, Ralf Schumacher  was
unable to complete the race when his FW25  was involved in an accident  with
Barrichello¹s Ferrari and Raikkonen¹s McLaren Mercedes at the start which
caused him to retire on the first lap of the race.

Juan Pablo Montoya:  1st
Chassis: FW25 06                                   Best time: 1:14,917 min
(lap 14, best overall)
"A perfect finish to a perfect race weekend. The car was excellent. I
started from the clean side of the track and basically I just had to be
consistent, to keep the same pace all race and to try not to make any
mistakes. It was amazing how I could pull away and maybe because of this it
was not too bad a race from the physical point of view. I am happy to be
only six points away from Michael now, since there are just four races to go
and it is so important to score points consistently, for me this counts now
more than ever before. Things can easily go wrong for everybody as we have
witnessed today when it happened to both of the Schumachers".

Ralf Schumacher:  DNF
Chassis: FW25 07 
"It¹s obviously a huge disappointment but this is the way motor racing  is
sometimes. You cannot think about what people around you are doing and
sometimes these incidents do happen. I was just trying to defend my position
and I didn¹t make any sudden move or anything so there was all the time in
the world for other cars to move away from me. The impact from Raikkonen¹s
car crashing into my car, damaged all of the left sidepod and radiator  and
the floor and I couldn¹t do anything but retire."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"It was another fantastic performance from the entire team. Juan drove an
error-free and superb race from start to finish. The engineers did an
excellent job in preparing the car, and also the strategy was very good. We
were able to pull away from the rest of the field right after the first pit
stop. To be honest, it was surprising to us that quite a number of teams
went for a two stop strategy. For us, the decision for three stops was very
clear. Furthermore the tyre choice obviously was right as they worked very
well in the heat. Unfortunately we lost Ralf¹s car only a few seconds after
the start, otherwise, I definitely believe it would have been another
one-two victory for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team today."

Gerhard Berger (BMW Motorsport Director):
"It was important for us to turn our strengths here into points. Especially
regarding the Constructors¹ world championship we are now within striking
distance of Ferrari. There is a lot that can happen over the remaining four
rounds of the season. Juan Pablo drove a perfect race, but Ralf had bad
luck.. Even under these hot conditions the chassis and our BMW P83 engine
have proven to be very reliable."