At the wheel of his BMW Sauber carBarely two days after the chequered flag at Silverstone, England's capital city has resonated to the screams of an F1 engine.
BMW-Sauber racer Jacques
Jacques Villeneuve, to now head for Monza to join the test, drove his Grand Prix contender
and performed screeching doughnuts on a short stretch of plastic-barrier lined road in Hyde Park on Tuesday.
The somewhat low-profile event, put on by BMW sponsor Intel, attracted thousands of spectators but not nearly as many as the Regent Street parade in 2004.
Touring car driver Andy Priaulx was also on hand to show off his machine, as was a Formula BMW single seater. British commentator Martin Brundle, a former Grand Prix veteran, was spotted.
Meanwhile, team chief Mario Theissen is delighted that BMW-Sauber was the fourth-best team at Silverstone.
But he warned: ''To join the front three (teams) we still have work to do.
''However we must be realistic as we are in our first year.''
Theissen is confident that
Jacques Villeneuve and
Nick Heidfeld can deliver more good performances at the upcoming races in America.
He said: ''We saw in the first part of the year, and clearly at Silverstone, that our car is good on fast tracks.''
Source GMM CAPSIS International
