Comments from BMW WilliamsF1 Team Members

By Andrew Hooper
May 23 2002



	Monaco GP Thursday - Team Comments

	Trouble free Thursday Free Practice session for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya, who were 6th and 9th respectively in Monte Carlo, for the 2002 Monaco Grand Prix.

	Juan Pablo Montoya "I am pretty happy, today went quite well and we did a lot of work with the set-up. I am still struggling a bit with the balance of the car but it is getting better and better. I feel a lot more comfortable than last year and the car is a lot more competitive. I think there is still more to come and we will make further improvements by Saturday. We usually do."

	Ralf Schumacher "It is good that we have had a first day without any problems and this is extremely important here. I have found the track surprisingly clean, which made it a lot easier for us. I am quite happy with the balance of the car and we have also already made our tyre choice. But even though, my lap time is just not good enough yet. We have to see how we can improve."

	Gerhard Berger BMW Motorsports Director "On Thursday in Monte Carlo it is very important for a driver to find a good rhythm and not to crash in the barriers as this hampers the whole working programme. Track conditions change so much here from Thursday to Saturday even if the weather doesn't change. You cannot really start working on the fine tuning for qualifying earlier than Saturday morning. We have completed our programme for the race and all in all we had a trouble free day."

	Sam Michael Chief Operations EngineerWilliamsF1 "It was a normal first practice day, doing race set up and then looking towards a set up for Saturday. Looking at where we have finished we still have quite a bit of work between now and then. We collected useful data on the tyres and now we will have a look and see what we can do. It's also good that both the drivers have got through today's sessions without any crashes."

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