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BMW is on their way
Willy Rampf has no regrets about pushing the new BMW Sauber F1.08 to the limits as he believes that is what it will take to challenge the front-runners.
Team principle Mario Theissen admitted back in December that the team would need to find over half a second to be in the running for Grand Prix victories in 2008, and the engineers were handed the difficult task of ensuring the car evolved into a true contender.
At the official launch of the F1.08, Rampf, the team's technical director, said he was delighted with the new set-up and believes the team were right in pushing the car.
BMW Sauber enjoyed their best season in 2007 with second place in the constructors' championship and Rampf is confident the team can score a maiden win in 2008. Whilst it doesn't necessarily expect to finish so high up again, it at least expects drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica to get closer to the silver and scarlet machines on the circuit this year, and reach the top step of the rostrum along the way.
Whether the F1.08 is considerably quicker than the F1.07 is yet to be seen, and to exploit its full potential at any given time and condition can not be done on the test track alone. A better understanding of the car will be gotten from the races themselves - I have no doubt that BMW is on their way!
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February 20, 2008
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