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Posted: 25-May-2008 at 22:02 |
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Monaco GP - Race25-05-2008 Press Release
Weather: Rain at the start, drying out later. Air: 19-21, Track: 19-22
Monte Carlo (MC). Finishing second in the most prestigious Grand Prix of the year, Robert Kubica made sure he took part in the podium celebrations held in the principality’s famous winners’ lounge. It was the team’s fourth podium this season and their eighth overall. Kubica’s team mate, Nick Heidfeld, who has four podiums to his credit, had a black Sunday. Having started from 12th he had improved to fifth when Fernando Alonso (Renault) hit the side of his car on lap 14. In the end Heidfeld brought his damaged F1.08 to the chequered flag in 14th and last place.
Robert Kubica: 2nd
BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
Fastest Lap: 1:17.933 min on lap 75 (5th fastest overall)
“I am very happy with the result. I didn’t expect us to have the pace to finish second. It was a great race with very difficult driving conditions, and we did not expect such heavy rain. I had visibility and tyre problems throughout the whole race. I was trying to do as few mistakes as possible, as it is very dangerous if you make a mistake here.“
Nick Heidfeld: 14th
BMW Sauber F1.08-05 / BMW P86/8
Fastest Lap: 1:20.251 min on lap 72 (14th fastest overall)
“After the awful qualifying yesterday the early laps of the race went very well for me, despite the tricky track conditions. I was up to fifth, but unfortunately Fernando Alonso made a mistake and crashed into the side of my car. This caused heavy damage to the left hand side of my car, and due to a puncture I had to pit. I was then last and, because of the damaged car, I had no chance at all to improve. It is a Sunday to forget. But this is not too easy.”
Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
“We expected a drama here in Monaco and the Weather God gave it to us. It was essential to continuously adjust our race strategy according to the weather and the incidents on the track. With Robert this worked perfectly, so he was able to move up from fifth on the grid to second. Nick had an exceptionally good start and had fought his way through to fifth when his car was damaged in a collision. This dropped him out of the points. It was our fourth podium in 2008 and a strong performance from the team.”
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
“This was not a race for the nervous. The conditions at the start were very difficult. Because of the uncertainty over the weather it was crucial to make the right tyre decision for the first stint. Robert stayed cool and, even during the period with the worst visibility, he didn’t make any mistake. We continuously had to adapt our strategy, so it was a true challenge for the engineers on the pit wall. Nick gained a lot of places after the start, and was doing well in the race in fifth when he was the victim of a crash and ended up at the back of the pack in a hopeless situation. After the fourth podium this year we are quite happy with the amount of points we have scored in the first third of the season.” |
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Posted: 24-May-2008 at 18:46 |
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Monaco GP - Qualifying05-24-2008 Press Release
Weather: light rain during practice, dry during Qualifying. 19-21°C Air, 19-29°C Track
Monte Carlo (MC). Robert Kubica qualified fifth for the Monaco Grand Prix. For his team mate a sequence came to a stop: for 28 consecutive races Nick Heidfeld had qualified in the top ten, but in Monaco he only came 13th. A red flag after an accident for David Coulthard robbed him of his last opportunity to get a top ten position.
Light rain in the morning gave a taste of what a wet race would be like in Monaco. For Kubica and Heidfeld the third practice session was trouble free. Kubica especially dealt well with these tricky conditions.
Robert Kubica:
BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
Qualifying 5th, 1:16.171 min (3rd Practice: 5th, 1:17.687 min)
“Again we showed we have a good pace. I was pushing on every single lap of qualifying and this was all I could do today. Unfortunately on my last flying lap I had Lewis Hamilton in front of me. He did not hold me up, but whenever you have another car in front of you there is some kind of a risk. On my out lap I tried to widen the gap to Lewis so as to have no traffic. My tyres cooled down too much and I was very slow in the first sector of my quick lap.“
Nick Heidfeld:
BMW Sauber F1.08-05 / BMW P86/8
Qualifying 13th, 1:16.455 min (3rd Practice: 18th, 1:19.024 min)
“Unfortunately I don’t have much to say: my qualifying result is disappointing. Here in Monaco I can’t heat up the tyres quickly enough.”
Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
“From a technical point of view our qualifying was ok. Certainly, we are disappointed with Nick ending up 13th. Robert showed a good pace and was able to fight for the top positions. In the end he even could have been a position further up the grid, but fifth is ok.“
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
“In the third Free Practice we had changing weather conditions. Therefore it was difficult to find the perfect set-up. In Q1 and Q2 Robert managed to get the results we expected. In Q3 he was not able to set the time we hoped for. In the end he missed the second row of the grid by six thousands of a second. Anyway, fifth is a good starting position. Meanwhile for Nick it will be a lot more difficult to score points in Monaco from 13th on the grid. However, for Sunday changing weather conditions are predicted, so we might see a surprise.“ |
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Posted: 24-May-2008 at 18:45 |
BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM - PIT LANE PARK - WARSAW23/05/2008
BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park returns to Warsaw.
Munich/Hinwil, 23 May 2008. The Polish fans of the BMW Sauber F1 Team and their home grown hero, Robert Kubica, have every reason to look forward to another very special Formula One experience. From 13th to 15th June 2008 the BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park visits Warsaw, Poland’s capital city, for the second time. BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Robert Kubica will visit the Formula One theme park on 14th June. At the Bemowo Airfield, all Formula One enthusiasts will get a taste of the unique atmosphere that surrounds motorsport’s highest category.
Kubica, who is currently fourth in the Drivers’ World Championship with 24 points, says: “The BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park is great. Last year in Warsaw more than 100,000 fans took the opportunity to find out more about Formula One. I’m sure all the fans will be thrilled again with the fantastic attractions Pit Lane Park has to offer. Where else can you actually climb inside a monocoque or see a completely dismantled race car? My favourite activity in the park is the simulator. The rides are amazingly realistic.”
In 2007 the BMW Sauber F1 Team’s high-tech event park paid a visit to Warsaw and it turned out to be real crowd puller. In Poland the BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park managed to draw the largest numbers to date, with a total of 109,220 excited fans. “I’m certain that a lot more people would have been there if Pit Lane Park had had a bigger capacity,” says Kubica. “The atmosphere was incredible.”
The BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park’s new design is the perfect answer to the huge interest from Formula One fans, as far more of them can be accommodated in the approximately 6000-sqm area in 2008. The grandstands surrounding the 100-metre race track offer over 600 seats to the visitors, who can watch the F1 car demonstrations and spectacular action by a Formula BMW FB02 race car.
For the first time tickets will be on offer for the Warsaw BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park, to give all fans who want to visit this interactive Formula One pit lane equal opportunities and in order to manage the expected stream of visitors. Tickets are available on the internet, at www.eventim.pl and in over 150 stores countrywide.
Demonstrations by BMW racing cars lie at the heart of the activities offered by the Pit Lane Park: whilst talented youngster Michael Christensen (DK) will drive the FB02, the driver of the BMW Sauber F1 Team’s car, Ho-Pin Tung (CN) is no stranger to proceedings, having thrilled visitors to the Pit Lane Park in Shanghai with a spectacular donut performance. Obviously Kubica will take over the wheel of the car on Saturday, 14th June.
The BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park, which offers numerous new theme garages and an impressive two-storey structure, celebrated its 2008 premiere at the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul. More than 25,000 Turkish fans experienced Formula One close up, gained many new insights into the world of racing, and literally reached out and touched this fascinating sport. So it comes as no surprise that the motto for this year is “Get closer”.
The BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park will be situated at Warsaw’s Bemowo Airfield. |
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Posted: 24-May-2008 at 18:44 |
BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM - MONACO GP - PRACTICE23/05/2008
Weather: partly sunny, partly overcast, 19-20 °C Air, 19-37°C Track
Monte Carlo (MC). Both BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, had a troublefree second practice session in preparation for the world’s most famous Grand Prix, and they stayed well away from Monte Carlo’s crash barriers. In the first session Heidfeld was forced to park his F1.08 next to the Café de Paris due to an engine failure. For the second session he had a fresh engine, which the regulations allow up to Saturday.
Robert Kubica:
BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
1st Practice: 6th, 1:16.834 min / 2nd Practice: 6th, 1:16.296 min
“The two practice sessions were quite ok today. It was a very busy Thursday and we covered a lot of laps. We now have to see how we can improve the car for Saturday.”
Nick Heidfeld:
BMW Sauber F1.08-05 / BMW P86/8
1st Practice: 14th, 1:18.263 min / 2nd Practice: 11th, 1:16.426 min
“In the first session I realized the engine was losing power, so then looked to find a good spot to stop. Of course the failure cost us running time and data, but we still managed to make several changes to the car for the second session. It was a general improvement. Taking into account it is Monaco, I would say my car is very driveable.”
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
”We were not able to complete our normal programme. This was because there were some interruptions during the sessions. Beside that we had to change the engine on Nick’s car after the first session. We repeated some of the things we did at our latest test in Paul Ricard, because the track characteristics here in Monaco are very special. Because of this we used the wheel covers at the front. Now we have more than a day to evaluate the data, before we concentrate on the qualifying set-up for Saturday.” |
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