Significant Step necessary for WilliamsF1

For Patrick Head, BMW WilliamsF1 Technical Director, it is now the case that the team must improve but that in the next few races the WilliamsF1 team will be closer to Ferrari than many think.

The last race in Spain would see Ferrari's Michael Schumacher dominate the race with WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya coming second. Many feel that such was the dominance of Ferrari's win that the season and championships will be wrapped up as early as half way through the season.

This is not a view shared by Head, who does not believe that Ferrari will always have such a performance advantage at every race.

In an interview for the BBC Head said: "We will be a lot closer at the next race in Austria, but we are going to have to improve a lot very quickly in order to get back into a competitive position."

"We expected to be some way behind in Spain so we are not too surprised."

Head was the first to admit that the WilliamsF1 team has suffered from the fact that their package was not as complete as Ferrari's.

Head added: "'There is obviously a deficiency in the complete package and we have to make sure we improve it because we don't want to be quick at some tracks and slow at others."