2004 Malaysian GP Friday Practice: Team Comments

By BMW WilliamsF1
March 19 2004

 
 
Malaysian GP Friday - Team Comments
 
On a tropical Malaysian afternoon, with the heat index reaching 46°C during the second Free Practice session, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya and their FW26 coped encouragingly well, ending up 2nd and 5th fastest respectively.

Earlier in the first Free Practice Session Ralf Schumacher finished 5th and Juan Pablo Montoya finished 8th.
 
Juan Pablo Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya5th
Chassis: FW26 05
Best time: 1.35.100min
"There's still room for improvement. I know there's more to come in the car than what I could show today, so it's just a matter of exploiting my FW26 at its best. I had some grip problems, so not ideal conditions for setting a fast time however, I am confident we can improve for tomorrow's Qualifying."
 
Ralf Schumacher
 Ralf Schumacher2nd
Chassis: FW26 03 (Spare car FW25 02)
Best time: 1.34.693min
"I have to say that I am very happy with the car. We focused on our homework intensely and have completed our programme without too many problems. This fact makes me very confident for tomorrow's Qualifying. We are still discussing about what our tyre choice will be, but I am sure we'll find a good solution."
 
Dr Mario Theissen BMW Motorsports Director
 Mario Theissen"We had a trouble free Practice, today. Both the drivers could complete their programme. In the First session we focused on the car set-up whereas the Second session was spent collecting data in order to make the right tyre choice. In spite of the heat, the engine temperature always remained within green levels."
 
Sam Michael Chief Operations Engineer WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"We've had a productive day as we went though our programme of testing tyres on both cars, and had no mechanical problems. We are sure we have enough information to make our tyre choice. The pace of our cars looks reasonable in the high ambience temperature, but we won't know until the end of Sunday what everyone's true pace is."
 
 
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