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RS problem related to air supply

Ralf Schumacher revealed that the reason for stopping in the pits in the closing laps of the German Grand Prix today was so the team could fill up the compressed air reservoir for the pneumatic valve system in the engine.

The German driver lost second place to team-mate Montoya because he had to come in, but might not have finished at all had the air supply run out.

In any case he said he was pleased with third after having complications with other drivers before the pneumatic complications cropped up.

‘If I look at all the problems I had today I should be happy to have finished third,’ he said. ‘A couple of things went wrong today. First Trulli held me up then I was slowed down by Villeneuve when I was approaching the pits and finally I had an additional stop to top up the pressurised air for the pneumatic valve drive of the engine.’

Juan-Pablo Montoya cemented his second place in the drivers’ standings after finishing second, a result he did not expect.

‘Of course I didn’t expect to come second; it happened thanks to the misfortune of Rubens (Barrichello when his fuel rig failed) and Ralf, but this is racing and such things happen,’ said Montoya.

‘This is my best result in seven races in spite of the fact that I was on pole for five races. The fight with Raikkonen was very entertaining. After he passed me at the start I had a few chances to overtake him, but it was too risky and I preferred waiting. Then the team told me I could make it and pumped my revs up, which gave me some additional power. I had good acceleration and Raikkonen did as well but then he made a mistake and I got past.’

BMW-Williams Technical Director Patrick Head was pleased overall with the team’s performance over the weekend.

‘Obviously we have had a much better performance today than in recent races,’ the Briton said, referring to the team’s below-par showings in Britain and France. ‘We have made a lot of progress during the last week after the French Grand Prix.

‘I would like to thank the engineers and mechanics at the race-track as well as all the people back at the factory in Grove for all of their efforts.’