Ralf and JPM ponder final race

"It's been a very long season, but it's still hard to believe that the next race will be the last," Montoya said. "The race in Japan was good, and we proved our car is competitive. Our aim for the last race will be to increase our points and maintain the gap over McLaren.

"Last year's race at Interlagos was very hectic and unpredictable because of the wet track conditions and all the accidents that followed. In previous years, though, we have always performed fairly well there."

Team-mate Schumacher is riding high following his second spot in the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. The German is confident of producing a similar result next weekend, particularly if Michelin takes a good tyre to the South American country.

"I really hope we can follow up the great result we had in Suzuka in Brazil, it is definitely possible with the car we have at the moment," he said. "If our Michelin tyre is as good as it was in Japan, we could certainly achieve a podium finish. After six years with the BMW WilliamsF1 Team, I would really like to leave them with a strong result."