BMW exceeded expectations, says team boss
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-25 11:32 BMW exceeded their own
expectations in their first Formula One season since they bought Sauber, team
boss Mario Theissen said on Tuesday.
The Swiss-based team ended the season in fifth place, a point ahead of
big-budget Toyota, while their former partners Williams were eighth.
Sauber finished last year in eighth place.
"In our first year we made it onto the podium twice and that wasn't
necessarily to be expected," said Theissen in a team question and answer
session.
"But far more important was the way we consistently improved our performance
throughout the season, and that shows we are on the right track."
Germany's Nick Heidfeld and Poland's Robert Kubica, who replaced Canadian
Jacques Villeneuve in August, have been confirmed as the team's 2007 line-up
with German teenager Sebastian Vettel the reserve driver.
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