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After a 2007 campaign that saw BMW emerge to become the clear third force in Formula 1 behind Ferrari and McLaren, the team's goal for next year will be to win its first race, according to Munich's motorsport boss Mario Theissen.
"It is natural that expectations increase the more successful you become," Theissen admits. "That brings pressure from the outside, of course, but also raises the standards we set ourselves.
"The end of this season has seen us wrapping up the development phase of the BMW Sauber F1 team. This phase has run according to plan and has seen us make it into the top three in a short space of time. Next year we will be looking to record our first win.
"We know that this will not happen automatically. The great progress we have made this year, in particular, has shown that we have
got the direction of our development work and our working processes spot on. Motivation within the team is extremely high as a result."
BMW actually finished second in the constructor's championship following McLaren's disqualification in the wake of the spy saga, but Theissen admits that position was artificial.
"We set ourselves the goal of fourth place and a much bigger points total this year, so third was a great bonus. The powers that be then promoted us even further, but it is a pretty empty second place in our eyes."
What will its massive penalty mean to the McLaren team next year? Find out in our December issue, on sale now.
After a 2007 campaign that saw BMW emerge to become the clear third force in Formula 1 behind Ferrari and McLaren, the team's goal for next year will be to win its first race, according to Munich's motorsport boss Mario Theissen.
"It is natural that expectations increase the more successful you become," Theissen admits. "That brings pressure from the outside, of course, but also raises the standards we set ourselves.
"The end of this season has seen us wrapping up the development phase of the BMW Sauber F1 team. This phase has run according to plan and has seen us make it into the top three in a short space of time. Next year we will be looking to record our first win.
"We know that this will not happen automatically. The great progress we have made this year, in particular, has shown that we have
BMW actually finished second in the constructor's championship following McLaren's disqualification in the wake of the spy saga, but Theissen admits that position was artificial.
"We set ourselves the goal of fourth place and a much bigger points total this year, so third was a great bonus. The powers that be then promoted us even further, but it is a pretty empty second place in our eyes."
What will its massive penalty mean to the McLaren team next year? Find out in our December issue, on sale now.
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