We Can't Relax, Says BMW's Rampf

BMW Sauber technical director says that the team will not get complacent despite the fact that it has in effect put third place in the World Championship beyond the reach of rival Renault.The team’s consistent scoring has seen it open up 28 points with just six races remaining. Although Renault has managed to score in every race this season, it has often just scraped home with an eighth place, as in Hungary.“Renault made one point today and we made 10 points,” Rampf told SPEEDtv.com in Hungary. “So the gap is quite big. We can be comfortable, but it doesn’t mean that we should relax, because whatever we learn this year can be useful next year as well.”However, Rampf says the team will not be more aggressive with car development now that it can afford to take risks.“We could be more aggressive, but it doesn’t make sense. I think we’ll concentrate on next year’s car, and for this year we will still have continuous improvement, small steps this year, because we should not be too relaxed. And also it keeps the whole team a bit under pressure basically to go to a race and fight for position instead of preserving the overall position in the World Championship.”