The BMW WilliamsF1 Team obviously goes to Indianapolis on a high after Juan Pablo Montoya's debut win in Monza and Ralf Schumacher's third place. Although it did not do well in the USA last year, WilliamsF1 has five wins to its name and BMW one on other tracks in the country, and no one is discounting Juan Pablo pulling off the double by adding a victory in the Grand Prix to his 2000 Indy 500 win. Everyone is aware although the Grand Prix is only in its second year, there is a great deal of motorsport history associated with this track.
Ralf Schumacher: "We should be quite well prepared for Indianapolis and even though Michelin have not been there with Formula 1 before I am sure they will have done their homework. The organisers have done a good job with the circuit, but last year everybody was excited about the high speed corner from the oval and I found the exciting part of this was the fact you don't have a run off area, only a wall! The infield is very tight and a challenge to drive. There were a lot of spectators last year, but unfortunately they are a long way from the track so as a driver you don't feel the atmosphere that much."
Juan Pablo Montoya: "It should be an interesting track because it is a bit of a compromise between high and low downforce, so we could be quite quick there. It is all about trying to find the best solution for it. We may be competitive there because it is only when it is maximum downforce that we tend to struggle."