BMW sure to solve development issues

The pace of the F1.08 in the first half of the season helped Robert Kubica take BMW Sauber's maiden victory in the Canadian Grand Prix and briefly move to the top of the championship standings.

However, they were unable to keep up the development of their car and slipped away from the pace of their title rivals over the second half of the campaign.

That area is viewed as key if BMW Sauber are to fight for the world championship next year - and Theissen says he has little doubt the team will get to grips with exactly what they need to do to ensure there is no repeat in 2009.

"We are now in the process of analyzing it," said Theissen about the development issue. "We will do that in the same way we did it earlier this year, when the initial performance of the car was not satisfying.

"I am sure we will get on top of it in order to have a steeper development curve again. Last year was good in terms of in-season development, so there is no reason why we should not be strong again."

Theissen believes the early work the team did on their 2009 car was not a factor in hindering their progress over the course of this season.

"No. Definitely not," he explained. "We ran both programmes in parallel and the key issue is that some projects which showed an advantage in simulation as well as the wind tunnel did not prove to be an advantage on the track. That is what we have to analyse."