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BMW with a lot of work to do - Theissen

BMW Sauber F1 team boss Mario Theissen admitted his team had a lot of work still to do after the outfit's maiden F1 victory in Canada, was overshadowed by an under-par fifth place finish in the French Grand Prix.

"Two weeks ago, having secured our one-two in Canada, the entire team was over the moon," Theissen said. "Following this weekend's race, however, the mood was subdued. At the French Grand Prix, Robert finished fifth while Nick had to settle for 13th place. Quite obviously, we had expected to do better at Magny-Cours. But both the qualifying and the race turned out to be difficult for us."

"Throughout the weekend, our package failed to work perfectly," he added. "As early as the practice sessions both our drivers said that the car wasn't handling as well as it usually does. We experimented with the set-up and also changed from the harder to the softer tyre compound and vice versa. But whatever we tried - the progress was limited."

"Maybe it's not such a bad thing that the high in Montreal and the low encountered at Magny-Cours occurred back-to-back," he went on. "This demonstrates that there still is a lot of work waiting for us. On Tuesday we start testing at Silverstone, the venue of the next race in two weeks time. We want to regain our usual form there."

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