It's not my fault I'm a bit slow, eh?
A snippet from a Williams press release:
The BMW WilliamsF1 Team has made the biggest improvements in 2004. In the first two races, the team has improved its lap times by an average 3.110 seconds.
The intensive test and development programme during the winter has paid off for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. At the Malaysia Grand Prix, where Juan Pablo Montoya finished in second position, the Colombian set the fastest lap time of the race with a 1:34.223.
It means that Juan Pablo was 3.564 seconds faster than on his personal
fastest lap in last year's race, which also happened to be the fastest lap
set by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team over the weekend.
Trouble is Ferrari and particularly Bridgestone have upped their performance as well.