Spanish Grand Prix - FREE PRACTICE

Weather: Dry. Air temperature 19°C. Track temperature 28°C (average).

The BMW WilliamsF1 Team did not get off to the best start of the weekend, but
feel progress was made today. Unfortunately Juan Pablo Montoya's car stopped
out on the circuit halfway through the second session when he had done 24 laps,
but Ralf Schumacher ran through to the end and completed 33 laps. Ralf was
8th and Juan Pablo 13th quickest.

Ralf Schumacher: 8th
Chassis: FW23 05 (T-Car Chassis: FW23 01)
Best Time: 1:21.259
"As expected today has been difficult for us. The Circuit of Catalunya
doesn't really suit us, and I am still not happy with the balance of the
car. We have got a lot of work to do before the race."

Juan Pablo Montoya : 13th
Chassis: FW23 02
Best Time: 1:22.020
"It has been a very difficult day as I have been struggling with the set-up at
lot. I can't really get a handle on the car. Apart from that everything is
working fine. I missed half the last session with a problem. We must study
the data and improve for tomorrow."

Patrick Head (Technical Director, WilliamsF1)
"Unfortunately Juan Pablo lost at least half of the afternoon with an engine
problem. We have been doing our homework on the tyres and trying to optimise
the car set up for racing conditions, but we haven't developed a good set-up
yet. Tomorrow we shall concentrate our efforts on qualifying conditions."

Dr Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director)
"We had an engine failure on Juan Pablo's car but we have not been able to find
the reason yet. The smoke we saw was more water than oil but that's all the
information we have so far. We had no warning this was about to happen from
the telemetry. We are now going do some investigating here with all the
engine related systems, but the engine will be sent back to Munich for an
immediate analysis."