Juan Pablo Montoya was joined by team-mate Ralf Schumacher at Valencia,
Spain, today, as the Colombian completed a race simulation without any
problems.
Due to heavy rain overnight, the 4.005 kilometre Valencia Circuit remained
damp until mid-morning, giving drivers the opportunity to run on wet-weather
tyres.

Juan Pablo successfully carried out a race simulation, the Colombian
completing 119 laps without any problems, despite a number of red flag
periods caused as a result of incidents involving other drivers. Juan
Pablo's best time of the day was 1:09.436, posted on his 46th lap.

Ralf Schumacher was also on duty for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. The German
spent the morning working on set-ups, trying out a wide range of different
settings. In the afternoon he focused on tyre testing in addition to testing
the traction control and carrying out a number of practice starts. Ralf
completed 76 laps and set a personal best of 1:09.406, his best time at
Valencia this year.

Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1):

"Today Juan completed a
race distance, at the same time comparing some tyre compounds for Michelin.
Ralf worked on systems checks, traction control and tyre testing in
preparation for Melbourne."

Heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow's final day of testing when Ralf is
joined by Marc Genˆ.

-williams-


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