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Formula One: Hungarian GP race: BMW Williams F1 Report

14 August 2000

Hungarian Grand Prix -- RACE 
Budapest, 13th August 2000

Weather: Sunny and hot. Av. air temperature 32 C. Av. track
temperature 35 C.

In the 12th race of the 2000 F1 season the BMW WilliamsF1 Team
scored some points for the eighth time and for the third time in a row.
Ralf Schumacher was fifth and Jenson Button struggled in the last part
of the race with an engine problem and was ninth.

Ralf Schumacher 
    Position: 5th 
Chassis:
         FW22 02 
    Best Time:
    1:21.211 on lap 45 (7th)
"I am pleased with my fifth place, of course, even if I have lost one
position to Barrichello, because I was delayed in my first pit stop due
to a problem with a wheel, which didn't engage immediately. Anyway,
I am not sure I could have kept him behind. I must say that our car
was very good on this track, which helped me throughout all of this
very demanding race, mostly because of the extremely high
temperature."

Jenson Button 
    Position: 9th
Chassis:
         FW22 04 
    Best Time:
    1:21.423 on lap 33 (9th)
"A very disappointing race for me overall. I had a real chance of
getting some points here today and we had an engine problem in the
second part of the race, which obviously resulted in a loss of power. I
was very aware of being caught up by the other drivers but I pushed
as hard as I could here but it was to no avail at the end. We could
have done better but we are looking forward to Spa, which is a circuit
I have already raced at."

Patrick Head (WilliamsF1 Technical Director)
"It was obviously disappointing for Ralf to lose a place to Barrichello.
Unfortunately, we had a wheel nut stick in his first stop and damaged
his position. We weren't really strong enough in the race to get back
on to the Ferrari.  Jenson was going extremely well but unfortunately
some technical problem caused him to lose power. He drove an
amazingly good defensive race but couldn't quite hold Trulli and Irvine
back, losing a couple of positions. He was in very good shape and
certainly I think he may have been in the points if he hadn't had that
problem."

Dr Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director)
"With the two points that Ralf has scored for us we strengthened our
third position in the constructor's championship. In the last third of the
race Jenson's car suffered a problem, which caused a great loss of
power. We kept him going, as there was no risk for the duration or the
safety of the engine.  All in all we are satisfied with our performance
throughout this weekend."

TEST: The BMW WilliamsF1 Team will be testing in Silverstone from
Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th August. Bruno Junqueira will be on
duty for the first day, Jenson Button on the second, and Ralf
Schumacher will take over for the third and last day.