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  • San Marino Grand Prix - RACE 25th April 2004
    Created: Sunday, April 25, 2004
    Weather: dry, overcast. Max Temp: Air 20°C, Track 38°C, Humidity 37% Imola (ITA). Juan Pablo Montoya scored another podium finish today, achieving third position. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team also collected some more points with Ralf Schumacher's 7th position.Juan Pablo Montoya: 3rd Chassis: FW26 05 Best time: 1:21.870 min (lap 27, 6th overall)The first lap was very tough. Michael Schumacher had a poor start and was slow out of the first chicane and the first few corners. I tried to pass him but he closed the door twice. I had to back off but when I tried again he hit me and pushed me out on to the grass. I am very disappointed as this was not fair racing. Jenson had an incredibly fast pace, therefore third is the best I could do today since our car was just not quick enough. We need to improve our complete package to be competitive in order to catch-up with the leaders....
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  • San Marino Grand Prix - 23rd - 25th April 2004 - PREVIEW
    Created: Sunday, April 18, 2004
    The BMW WilliamsF1 Team will travel to Imola next week for the first European race of the 2004 season, the San Marino Grand Prix. Despite the slow start to this year's Championship challenge, the team is looking forward to returning to the European tracks which have historically favoured the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. As a Constructor, WilliamsF1 has claimed eight victories at Imola, while the circuit was also the setting for the Anglo-German partnership's maiden win, as well as Ralf Schumacher's first victory, in 2001. The team has spent the intervening three week period that followed the three long haul races completing two intensive test programmes at Barcelona and Paul Ricard. Having successfully tested several new aerodynamic components and completed almost 6,000 kilometres, the team enters Europe with a revised confidence in their competitiveness and a determination to narrow the margin to the leaders....
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  • BMW Team PTG Capture’s Second Rolex Series GT Victory at Food City 250
    Created: Friday, April 09, 2004
    Phoenix, Ariz. (April 10, 2004) ? Bill Auberlen and Boris Said drove the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 to the GT class victory in today?s Food City 250 at Phoenix International Raceway. In a race marked by seven caution periods for numerous accidents, BMW Team PTG persevered and made smart pit decisions to win its second consecutive Rolex Sports Car Series race of the season. The duo completed 129 laps of the 1.51-mile circuit, finishing one lap ahead of the second place car. BMW stands second in the GT Manufacturer Point Standings and the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 moves up to third in GT Team Owner Points. Said is tied for second in the GT Driver Point Standings and Auberlen moves to third. Auberlen and Said also captured their second Acxiom Grand Touring Challenge Bonus of the season after winning the race from the pole. Auberlen recorded the fastest lap of the race (1:01.338)....
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  • Auberlen Puts BMW Team PTG M3 on GT Pole for Food City 250
    Created: Thursday, April 08, 2004
    The No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 will start from the GT pole for the second consecutive race in the Rolex Sports Car Series. Bill Auberlen recorded a lap of 1:01.639 around the 1.51-mile road course at Phoenix International Raceway. The No. 21 M3 of Auberlen and Boris Said was among the fastest in the three practice sessions that preceded today?s 4 p.m. qualifying session. In addition, Auberlen captured the $1000 Acxiom Grand Touring Challenge Pole Bonus. Justin Marks qualified the No. 22 BMW Team PTG M3 fourth with a lap of 1:02.077, equaling his Homestead-Miami performance. He will drive the No. 22 car with former Formula Atlantic standout Joey Hand. Zippo Live Timing and Scoring is available for all on-track activities on the official Grand American website, www.grandamerican.com. The 250-mile race is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM MST on Saturday....
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  • FORMULA BMW USA TEAMS FIRST OFFICIAL TEST AT SEBRING
    Created: Thursday, April 08, 2004
    (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) April 9, 2004 -- Formula BMW USA will kick off the 2004 season April 12 and 13 with the first of 10 scheduled official test sessions. Formula BMW USA teams and drivers will spend two days at Sebring International Raceway getting to know their new Formula BMW FB2s and each other. Meeting again for the first time since the January licensing school and scholarship shoot-out in Valencia, Spain will be four BMW Junior drivers, Graham Rahal (Team Rahal); Jonathan Summerton (HBR Motorsport), and Tom Milner and Billy Johnson (Team PTG). They will be joined by Red Bull driver Matt Jaskol (Team Autotecnica), Tom Sutherland (Team PTG), Alexis Fenton (Team Autotecnica) and Andreas Wirth (HBR Motorsport)....
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  • BMW Team PTG Aims to Add Another Strong BMW M3 Finish at Phoenix
    Created: Sunday, April 04, 2004
    Winchester, Va. (April 5, 2004) -- After a 1-2 BMW M3 GT-class finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway in February BMW Team PTG heads to the April 10th Food City 250 at Phoenix International Raceway for Round Three of the Rolex Sports Car Series aiming for another newsworthy finish. With BMW now securely second in the GT manufacturers standings and all four PTG drivers in the top-10 of the GT drivers championship this will be the first visit to Phoenix for Team PTG, but not the first for the BMW M3. Packing 11 turns in 1.51 miles, Phoenix?s road course is well suited to the handling and braking qualities of the BMW M3 as was proven in the last two year?s Rolex Series contests. Driving the entire race without a co-driver, Boris Said won the GT class in 2002 driving a 5.0- liter, M5-powered M3 for Bell Motorsports. Craig Stanton and Mike Fitzgerald, co-driving the same M3, finished a strong second in last year?s event ? only losing the lead in the very last turn of the race....
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  • BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX RACE RESULTS
    Created: Sunday, April 04, 2004
    Weather: dry, overcast. Max Temp: Air 31°C, Track 32°C, Humidity 36% Sakhir (BRN). After an eventful first running of the Bahrain GP, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya came 7th and 13th respectively. Neither of the drivers could exploit their good qualifying positions (3rd JPM and 4th RS) since Ralf had a number of mishaps which pushed him down the field and Juan Pablo had a technical failure in the last part of the race, when he was running in a strong third position....
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