Williams Set More Ambitious Targets for 2003

The Williams team are determined to return to the top of Formula One racing this year with their new FW25 car, which was unveiled today at the Barcelona circuit.

"We are well prepared and completely determined to get to the top," said team principal Frank Williams. "We have a new, innovative chassis as a product of a completely different way of thinking. And with the P83, BMW has developed another new and more powerful engine.

"With Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher we have two winning drivers ably assisted by a skilled and committed team. Moreover, we have been very impressed by the performance steps taken by Michelin over the winter."

The Grove-based squad scored only one victory last year despite starting from pole position seven times thanks to Colombian Montoya. They finished in a very distant second place in the Constructors' Championship, behind the Ferrari team, who clinched their fourth consecutive manufacturers' title.

Williams enter their fourth season together with engine supplier BMW, and the German company's motorsport boss Gerhard Berger has also set more ambitious goals for the new season.

"We want to pick up from where we left off in terms of our qualifying performance of 2002, especially under the new regulations for a single timed lap," said Berger. "But for the 2003 season we have firmly resolved to claim more wins and podium places.

"We're focused ahead while also keeping an eye on the competition in the rear-view mirror."