Berger attacks WilliamsF1
Gerhard Berger
By Andrew Hooper
May 8 2003
BMW Motorpsprt Director Gerhard Berger has made comments in the media attacking the performance of the WilliamsF1 cars. Berger claims that the lack of success of the BMW WilliamsF1 partnership is down to the lack of performance of the WilliamsF1 cars, not the BMW engines.
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partnership between BMW and WilliamsF1 is scheduled to finish at the end of
the 2004 Formula One season. Negotiations between BMW and WilliamsF1 are
still on-going but recent comments by BMW Motorsport Director Gerhard have
done little to make these negotiations smooth.
Berger said: "The promises that were made by Williams were not kept and high expectations could not be fulfilled. BMW has been building the best engines for several seasons now, but is always slowed down by Williams cars. This means we may win one or two races, where our super engine will help, but the world championship will remain a dream." As for BMW's future in Formula One Berger was quoted as saying: "Whether we will still be partners [with Williams] is not clear yet. BMW will remain in F1 racing but not in the same way." Even though Berger works for
BMW his comments have been played down by BMW. It is claimed that Berger's
comments have been taken out of context and have been translated "somewhat
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Berger
was quoted by the Central European News agency as saying during an interview
for Austrian television that the lack of success that the BMW and WilliamsF1
partnership has had is down to WilliamsF1 and the belief that they can not
produce a championship winning car.
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