BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Hungarian GP-Final Qualifying

Hungarian Grand Prix  -  FINAL QUALIFYING
23rd August 2003

Weather: Sunny, dry. Air temperature 32°C Track temperature 42-45°C

Budapest (HUG). Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya achieved good
qualifying positions today coming second and fourth respectively, but will
unfortunately both start for tomorrowıs Hungarian Grand Prix from the dirty
side of the track.

Ralf Schumacher:    2nd
Chassis:  FW25 07 
Best time: 1:21,944min
"Being on the front row is obviously nice. It is obviously a big relief that
my 10 places on the grid penalty was cancelled and I can actually start from
the place I fought for. However, I am starting from the dirty side of the
track which is not the best place to be. I was very quick in the first
sector but lost quite a bit of time in sector two and three and the reason
for this we need to investigate later, when we will have a look at the data.
During qualifying my car felt ok, thanks to the team who could set it up at
the best. I believe we have a good race strategy and also the hot weather
conditions forecast for tomorrow should be helping us."

Juan Pablo Montoya:    4th
Chassis: FW25 06
Best time: 1:22,180min
"The car felt really good during todayıs qualifying. I could have gone
quicker than I actually did but after being very fast in sector one I took
the conservative way and really paced myself because I wanted to make sure
to get a good lap in. I am fighting for the Championship especially with
Michael, of course, and the most important thing is starting ahead of him,
tomorrow. I think weıve got a really good race car and itıs going to be an
interesting race."

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):
"It looks like this starting grid promises an interesting race. We are
reasonably happy with our qualifying positions. It is obviously good to be
in front of our direct rivals in both Championships. We have a good strategy
for the race and the race set-up works well."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"We are pleased with the qualifying result, although there were surprises at
the top of the grid. Alonso was fantastic, especially in the second and
third sector. Whereas Ralf set a faultless lap, Juanıs was not as perfect.
However, grid positions two and four do provide good chances for tomorrowıs
race, although it means that both our drivers have to start from the dirty
side of the track."

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