BMW Sauber F1 Team - Roll-out in Valencia.
 Valencia,
16th January 2007. There were smiling faces at the BMW Sauber
F1 Team today. At 13:00 hrs the new BMW Sauber F1.07 left
the garage for the very first time. It had its roll-out according
to schedule at the Valencia circuit. Nick Heidfeld had the
honour of completing the maiden laps under an overcast sky,
but on a dry track. The F1.07 is the first ‘real’
BMW Sauber F1 Team car.
”Everything worked trouble free“, said Heidfeld.
“The car felt good right from the beginning, but also
unfamiliar. Of course you don’t go to the limit straight
away with a brand new car. First you do systems’ checks,
you monitor temperatures and such things. During the first
three laps I was one second quicker each lap. This obviously
shows I was still far away from the limit, but it is also
nice. I couldn’t wait for this day. Within the last
months in the factories in Hinwil and Munich everybody was
working unbelievably hard. The team is full of ambition and
motivation. We are facing an exciting season with quite a
lot of unknown factors. During the three next days we will
be doing serious testing with the F1.07.”
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen commented: “The
first day with the F1.07 went very well. It was a condensed
presentation with a roll-out directly afterwards. The new
car clocked up its first laps without any error. We are now
armed for the first real test which will take place here in
Valencia from Wednesday to Friday this week.”
Willy Rampf, the team’s Technical Director, added:
“We are very happy the roll-out went without any technical
problems. During the first outing we proved the systems are
working. Now we have to do long-runs and see what data we
collect when we monitor temperatures, pressures, etc. Tomorrow
we will start with set-up work.“
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