Ralf Positive after Promising Start

German Ralf Schumacher is optimistic his Williams team will be able to extract the best for their package to be competitive at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

"Before coming to Barcelona I said that we would only have a chance here if we had made the very best out of our package - and after the first free practice I can see we are on the right way," said Schumacher at the end of today's practice at Barcelona.

"We could make our tyre choice quite quickly, and this was very important but still we need to improve on the set-up."

Schumacher posted the fourth quickest time of the session, with Colombian teammate Juan Pablo Montoya finishing down in 12th place.

"We knew it would be difficult to find the right set-up for our car on this circuit and despite the fact that you cannot read too much into Friday's times, it's clear that there is still some work to do," said the Colombian.

"Both the weather and consequently the track conditions changed from the first to the second free practice - and even during the same session - which made our job even harder. Anyway, we have completed our programme for today and we will now work in view of tomorrow's qualifying."