Difficult start for WilliamsF1

By BMW WilliamsF1
June 12 2004

	Canadian GP Friday - Team Comments
	The BMW WilliamsF1 Team had a difficult start to the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, with Ralf Schumacher being hampered by brake problems and Juan Pablo Montoya missing half of the second session due to a fuel leak.
	Juan Pablo Montoya First session: 8th 1.15.928 min Chassis: FW26 06 Second session: 20th 1.16.564 min "This was obviously not the ideal way to start a race weekend. I only managed to complete six laps in the second Free Practice session, which meant I couldn't work a lot on my car. Even if I had very little running in the afternoon, I can say that the balance had improved from the morning session, but there is obviously much more work to do. I am sure we'll manage to catch up tomorrow morning and hopefully get in good shape for qualifying."
	Ralf Schumacher First session: 9th 1.15,948 min Chassis: FW26 07 (Spare car FW26 03) Second session: 14th 1.15,803 min "I must admit I wasn't expecting such a Friday at all. Both of my practice sessions were hampered by several problems, not only was I not happy with the brakes, but also making the tyre choice and finding the right set-up have been very difficult. There's still quite a lot of work ahead of us."
	Dr Mario Theissen BMW Motorsports Director "In today's Free Practice, only the first session proved productive for our drivers. In the afternoon session Juan Pablo experienced a fuel leak which forced him back to the garage. It took so long to fix the problem that he could not go back on track. Ralf was complaining about some brake problems, which forced him off the ideal line several times. Because of all these reasons, a considerable part of the set-up work needs to be completed in Saturday's practice sessions."
	Sam Michael WilliamsF1 Technical Director "Obviously today was not a very good day for us as we did not go through our programme as we would have liked. On Juan's car we had a fuel leak, and on Ralf's car we were struggling with the brakes. But we will work tonight with the data, make our tyre choice and will continue with the race set-up work tomorrow morning."

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