Monza, Sept 16: Williams technical director Patrick Head has suggested that Ferrari's victory in the Italian Grand Prix was a one-off success that will not be repeated in the final two races of the season.
The Italian giants confidently predicted they will be strong in the last two events of the year, in the US and Japan, in the next month but head believes they have talked up their chances as the championship comes to a climax.
"We are not making excuses that we were beaten today but it was a close run thing," said Head. "I don't think it is necessarily a pointer to what is going to happen at Indy or Suzuka."
Williams have struck a run of form in the second half of the season after Juan Pablo Montoya set the ball rolling by claiming their first win of the season in Monaco at the start of June.

Their lead driver Montoya is just three points adrift in the championship race after he finished second behind Ferrari's championship-leading driver Michael Schumacher at Monza.



His appearance on the podium alongside Schumacher and third-placed Ferrari driver Brazilian Rubens Barrichello was his eighth in succession.



But Head knows that Williams will have to work hard in testing this week before flying out to the United States to ensure Ferrari do not continue their return to form in the next race at Indianapolis.


Bureau Report