2003 BMW WilliamsF1 Season Facts

By BMW Motorsport
November 22 2003

	2003 Season Facts
	* With 1,800 completed race laps, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team once again proved the most reliable team of 2003. Ferrari (1,754) and McLaren-Mercedes (1,704) came second and third. * In 2003, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team were the only team to gain one-two finishes (European GP and French GP). * Montoya was the only driver in 2003 to claim eight podium places in a row (Monaco GP to Italian GP). * A BMW WilliamsF1 Team driver made it onto the podium a total of twelve times in the season’s 16 races – in addition to four wins (Monaco, Europe, France, Germany) the team gained six second places and two third places. * On two occasions during 2003 a team car had to abandon the race due to a technical fault, both retirements involving Montoya. In Austria the water system had a leak, in Japan it was a leak in the hydraulic system. * The BMW WilliamsF1 Team achieved four pole positions in qualifying during 2003 (one by Montoya, three by Schumacher) and a total of eleven places in the front row of the grid. * With four wins in the 2003 season, WilliamsF1 now has a tally of 112 GP victories, the first team win going back to 1979 at Silverstone. It matches exactly the number of McLaren wins during the same time. Ferrari took 98 first-placed finishes. BMW now has a total of 18 wins. * 475 staff at Grove in England and 220 in Munich are involved in the Formula One project. * During a race weekend, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team number around 100 staff – 70 of them from WilliamsF1, 20 from BMW and another ten or so involved in tasks such as catering. * From January 2003 to the end of the season, the test team – averaging 60 members – covered 54,604 test kilometres on nine European racing circuits over 107 days. Six drivers were involved. * At WilliamsF1, more than 200,000 chassis components were produced for the FW25, and more than 200 engines from Munich’s Formula One factory were used during the 2003 season. BMW brought ten engines along to every Grand Prix race weekend. * Six chassis were deployed in the 16 World Championship races of 2003: the FW25 02 to the FW25 07. * 250,000 working hours were invested from the concept to the completed FW25. * 1,200 drawings were produced at the WilliamsF1design office for the construction and further development of the chassis. * Assembly of the BMW engine takes approximately 80 working hours. * 1,950 CAD drawings were produced for the BMW P83 engine. * In the course of its working lifespan, the engine undergoes 1,388 upgrade modifications. * The BMW P83 is made up of around 5,000 individual components, 1,000 of them different. * Over a GP weekend, the team uses up to 1,200 litres of petrol, between 60 and 80 litres of engine oil and up to 30 litres of gear oil – and if it is a hot venue, anything up to 3,300 litres of mineral water and soft drinks are consumed.