HEAD FURIOUS OVER BMW CRITICISM
Williams co-founder Patrick Head has lambasted engine supplier BMW for making public criticism of the team as the relationship between the two companies appears to have hit a new low point.
BMW is in talks to supply Sauber in 2006, and is thought to be considering buying the Swiss team outright.
Moreover Frank Williams revealed this week that his team is talking to other manufacturers about an engine supply should the BMW deal come to an end.
But Head is furious that BMW has been so publicly critical of Williams and suggested that some of the blame for the team's disappointing start to the season should be laid at the door of the Munich marque.
"We adopt the same strategy as [BMW], and our doubts are especially about the way they handle the engine's power," Head told Italy's Sport Auto Moto.
"Obviously yes [we are talking to others], since BMW decided to talk publicly about their dissatisfaction in their relationship with the Williams team. This is something I personally consider to be extremely unprofessional.
"I haven't been very well impressed by this attitude, which is when a constructor pretends that every problem comes from the car and not from the engine.
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